LITERATURE
Writing Rebellion
SPRING LN247
Tuesdays
Tutor: Garrett Fagan
Building on the growing interest in the event as we approach the centenary (and complementing the existing history course), this course looks at the literary, cultural and social responses to Easter 1916 from the event up to the present day. The course will include a selection from poetry by Yeats and the 1916 rebels (Pearce and MacDonagh), plays by Sean O’Casey and Frank Mc Guinness, novels by Roddy Doyle and Sebastian Barry and today’s reinterpretations such as the graphic novel Blood Upon the Rose. It will also explore the way in which Easter 1916 is present in the city around us, how its representation and memory shapes our physical surroundings today through art, architecture, sculpture and public processions, festivals and events. It will look at Film and TV representations of the event. It will include a consideration of public performance through the 1966 50th anniversary events and debates around commemorations today and the proposed redesign of GPO and O’Connell Street. The course will also involve a field trip to the GPO and, subject to availability, a tour at Kilmainham Gaol (ticket not included in course fee).
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NATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRELAND |
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8 Tuesdays |
Jan 29, Feb 5, 12, 19, 26, Mar 5, 12, 19 |
10.00am - 12.30pm |
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FEE €195 |
Print Open Learning Application Form 2012.13 or ring (01) 716 7123 for Laser/ credit card payment |
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Tutor Details:
Garrett Fagan has taught at universities in Dublin including UCD and at Warwick University in the UK. He has interests in Renaissance literature, legal - literary relations and Anglo Irish writing.
