ENGL 421 - Seminar: Modern Irish Literature

4 HU, WR
Second Semester. Our seminar will study texts by the Irish modernists Yeats, Joyce, and Beckett as well as texts by such contemporary Irish writers as Seamus Heaney, John McGahern, and Brian Friel. We will consider them in the historical contexts of the Irish nationalist struggle for independence and the later transformation of Ireland into a modern, secular, European state. Diversity, Post-1900.

Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: Admission based on a completed application form (available at the department office). Consent of instructor required.
Enrollment Limit: 12.
Mr. Hobbs

Credits: 4 hours