GLS 592:  Identifying Ireland

Instructor:  Meggen Lyon

 

   

 

An interdisciplinary examination of Ireland's history, literature, politics, and people in the context of past and present societal transformations. Topics include Ireland's mythological origins, the Great Hunger, the Troubles in Northern Ireland, the Travellers (Irish "gypsies"), and the contemporary phenomenon of the "Celtic Tiger." Readings draw from poetry, fiction, drama, and historical and anthropological texts.

Tentative Reading List:

• Conroy, John, Belfast Diary: War as a Way of Life.
• Dhomhnaill, Nuala Ni, Pharaoh's Daughter.
• Doyle, Roddy, A Star Called Henry.
• Gmelch, Sharon, Nan: The Life of an Irish Travelling Woman.
• Hachey, Thomas E., The Irish Experience: A Concise History.
• McDonagh, Martin, The Cripple of Inishmaan.
• O'Grada, Cormac. The Great Irish Famine.
• Somer, John and John J. Daly, The Scribner Book of Irish Writing.

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Last Update:   September 8, 2004

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