ENGL 284 - Contemporary Irish Fiction

Semester Offered: Second Semester
Credits (Range): 4 hours
Attribute: 4HU, WR

Selected short stories and novels by Samuel Beckett, Frank O’Connor, Mary Lavin, William Trevor, John McGahern, Roddy Doyle, Neil Jordan, Patrick McCabe, Edna O’Brien, and Anne Enright. Major issues will be the tensions between innovation and tradition, nationalism and internationalism, the country and the city in the context of the rapid modernization of Irish society. Recent film adaptations will also be shown. Nature of Text. Diversity, Post-1900. Enrollment limit: 30.
Instructor: J. Hobbs
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: For complete prerequisites for this Introductory Gateway course, please refer to the English Program section titled “For Introductory Courses to the Study of English.”