| Module Title: | Contemporary Film & Literature Studies |
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| Language of Instruction: | English |
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| Module Delivered In |
No Programmes
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| 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 centers, 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 contemporaryn 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 consists 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 contemporary film and literature |
| LO2 |
Understand central questions about the relationship between politics and language, the nature and effects of propaganda and 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 contemporary 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 contemporary 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 |
Module Recommendations
This is prior learning (or a practical skill) that is recommended before enrolment in this module.
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| No recommendations listed |
Incompatible Modules
These are modules which have learning outcomes that are too similar to the learning outcomes of this module. |
| No incompatible modules listed |
Co-requisite Modules
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| No Co-requisite modules listed |
Requirements
This is prior learning (or a practical skill) that is mandatory before enrolment in this module is allowed. |
| No requirements listed |
Module Content & Assessment
| Indicative Content |
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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 ni Houlihan.
Film: How Many Miles to Babylon?
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Theoretical perspectives
Phenomenology
Feminism
Psychoanalysis
Post colonialism
New Historicism
Post structuralism
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Modernism
James Joyce/ Samuel Beckett
Text: A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.
Film: The Dead
Film: Ulysees
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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
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The role of the writer in shaping national identities.
Issues of gender;
Myth
Cultural memory
Writer as social critic.
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Contemporary Irish Poetry
Socio-political factors shaping poetic identity.
Concept of existence and place.
The range of this Irishness contained in the literary text.
The poets’ output on the literary, cultural community
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| Assessment Breakdown | % |
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| Continuous Assessment | 40.00% |
| Project | 40.00% |
| Practical | 20.00% |
| Continuous Assessment |
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| Assessment Type |
Assessment Description |
Outcome addressed |
% of total |
Assessment Date |
| Portfolio |
Term 1:
Writing exercises, analyses, summaries, reviews etc.
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1,2,3,4,5,6,7 |
20.00 |
Sem 1 End |
| Portfolio |
Term 2:
Writing exercises, analyses, summaries, reviews etc. |
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 |
20.00 |
Sem 2 End |
| Project |
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| Assessment Type |
Assessment Description |
Outcome addressed |
% of total |
Assessment Date |
| Project |
Term 1: Presentation on selected novelists |
4,5 |
20.00 |
Week 12 |
| Project |
Term 2: Presentation on selected poets and playwrights |
3,7,8 |
20.00 |
Sem 2 End |
| Practical |
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| Assessment Type |
Assessment Description |
Outcome addressed |
% of total |
Assessment Date |
| Practical/Skills Evaluation |
In class quiz |
2 |
10.00 |
Sem 1 End |
| Practical/Skills Evaluation |
Class participation and discussion |
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 |
10.00 |
n/a |
| No End of Module Formal Examination |
| Continuous Assessment |
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| Assessment Type |
Assessment Description |
Outcome addressed |
% of total |
Assessment Date |
| Portfolio |
Term 1: Writing exercises, analyses, summaries, reviews etc. |
1,2,3,4,5,6,7 |
20.00 |
Sem 1 End |
| Portfolio |
Term 2; Writing exercises, analyses, summaries, reviews etc. |
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 |
20.00 |
Sem 2 End |
| Project |
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| Assessment Type |
Assessment Description |
Outcome addressed |
% of total |
Assessment Date |
| Project |
Term 1: Presentation on selected novelists. |
3,4 |
20.00 |
Week 13 |
| Project |
Presentation on selected Poets and playwrights |
2,3,8 |
20.00 |
Sem 2 End |
| Practical |
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| Assessment Type |
Assessment Description |
Outcome addressed |
% of total |
Assessment Date |
| Practical/Skills Evaluation |
In class quiz |
2,7 |
10.00 |
Sem 1 End |
| Practical/Skills Evaluation |
Class participation and discussion |
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 |
10.00 |
Every Week |
| No End of Module Formal Examination |
SETU Carlow Campus reserves the right to alter the nature and timings of assessment
Module Workload
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