Module Title:Irish Literature & Film Studies
Language of Instruction:English
Credits: 10
NFQ Level:7
Module Delivered In 2 programme(s)
Teaching & Learning Strategies: Sessions will be set aside for close reading of texts involving full class participation. Video materials will be used to stimulate interest and vary the teaching methods. Students will also be taken on field trips of relevant interest (theatre, cultural centres, art museums). Mid-term quiz and end-of-term portfolio of materials (task sheets and essay)
Module Aim: The aim of this module is to introduce students to modern Irish literature and film from a cultural viewpoint. By analysing texts and film from different cultural and historical perspectives, students are encouraged to develop a critical approach to the literature. The module will consist of a series of seminars, where the following genres will be studied: the short story, the novel, drama, poetry, and film. Central themes in Irish literature such as politics, gender, and post-colonialism, will be explored against the historical and cultural background of twentieth-century Irish society. The module includes work by men and women writers, from both Northern Ireland and the Republic.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this module the learner should be able to:
LO1 Examine the complex relationships between political nationalism and culture in Irish film and literature
LO2 Understand central questions about the relationship between politics and language, the nature and effects of "propaganda", the varieties of "revolution" in Irish literary culture
LO3 Apply various literary critical theories to a range of literary texts
LO4 Discuss the relation between the Irish present and the Irish past as represented in film and literature.
LO5 Analyse what kinds of "narrative" modern Ireland needs and wishes to construct about itself.
LO6 Critically discuss questions of representation, with regard to Irish film and television and Ireland as a subject matter
LO7 Understand the position of Irish film and literature in a changing and globalising media landscape.
LO8 Analyse the representative works of Irish poetry, as well as of contemporary literary theory and criticism
Pre-requisite learning
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Requirements
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Module Content & Assessment

Indicative Content
The Irish Literary Revival. The Celtic Twilight
John Synge/ William Butler Yeats-- Text: Playboy of the Western World. Film: Playboy of the Western World Nationalism Text: Cathleen Ní Houlihan. Film: How Many Miles to Babylon?
Theoretical Perspectives
Phenomenology. Feminism. Psychoanalysis. Post colonialism. New Historicism. Post structuralism.
Modernism James Joyce/ Samuel Beckett
Text: A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. Film: The Dead. Film: Ulysses.
Literary Adaptation from Text to Film
Film: Waiting for Godot: Samuel Beckett Film: The Commitments: Roddy Doyle Film: The Butcher Boy: Pat McCabe Film: Dancing at Lughnasa
The Role of the Writer in Shaping National Identities
Issues of Gender. Myth. Cultural Memory. Writer as Social Critic.
Contemporary Irish Poetry
Socio-Political Factors Shaping Poetic Identity. Concept of Existence and Place. The Range of Irishness Contained in Literary Text. The poets Output on the Literary Cultural Community.
Assessment Breakdown%
Continuous Assessment30.00%
Project40.00%
Practical30.00%
Continuous Assessment
Assessment Type Assessment Description Outcome addressed % of total Assessment Date
Other Poetry Essay; Film Review; Play Review 1,2,3,8 30.00 n/a
Project
Assessment Type Assessment Description Outcome addressed % of total Assessment Date
Project Group Project 1: Class presentation of selected novel 5,6,7 20.00 n/a
Project Group Project 2: Adapting a text to film 5,6,7 20.00 n/a
Practical
Assessment Type Assessment Description Outcome addressed % of total Assessment Date
Practical/Skills Evaluation In class quiz 1 (10%). In class quiz 2 (10%). Class participation and discussion (10%). 4,8 30.00 n/a
No End of Module Formal Examination

SETU Carlow Campus reserves the right to alter the nature and timings of assessment

 

Module Workload

Workload: Full Time
Workload Type Frequency Average Weekly Learner Workload
Lecture Every Week 4.00
Practicals Every Week 2.00
Total Hours 6.00
 

Module Delivered In

Programme Code Programme Semester Delivery
CW_HWCHS_B Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Culture & Heritage Studies 3 Mandatory
CW_HWCHS_D Bachelor of Arts in Culture & Heritage Studies 3 Mandatory