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LITERATURE

Ernest Hemingway

TERM 3: FOCUS ON LN369

Wednesdays

Liam Lanigan

 

Ernest Hemingway’s captured moments of great intensity, tenderness, and pain, in a carefully constructed, minimalist style that has made him one of the twentieth century’s most influential writers. His works, both fiction and non-fiction, document a fascinating life in America and Europe during the early twentieth century. Dealing with the themes of love, war, and the nature of manhood, Hemingway’s writings take us on a journey through wartime Italy, post-war Paris émigré society, into the world of Spanish bullfighting and the Spanish civil war. This course will introduce a range of Hemingway’s texts, opening a window on an author who is by turns mesmerising, frustrating, controversial, and passionate, but who is always engaging, and often provocative.

 

BLACKROCK

 

 

6 Wednesdays

April 17, 24, May 1, 8, 15, 22

10.00am - 12.00pm

Fee €115

Print Open Learning Application Form 2012.13  or ring (01) 716-7123 for Laser/credit card payment

 

Tutor Details:

Liam Lanigan is a lecturer at UCD, where he received his doctorate in 2011 for a dissertation on James Joyce. He also teaches at NUI Maynooth, and has been a lecturer at the University of Kaposva'r, Hungary. He is the author of several articles on Joyce and Irish writing.

Who is the course for?

The course is suitable for anyone who has an interest in literature, and particularly in considering how and why Hemingway has been such an influential literary figure.

 

 

Reading List:

 

Following is the proposed reading list for this course.  We recommend that you only acquire the book for the first class but do not purchase all the books listed in advance, as your tutor will discuss this list and how the course will be organised.   

 

Ernest Hemingway. The Sun Also Rises

Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms

 

Ernest Hemingway. For Whom the Bell Tolls

 

Ernest Hemingway. Across the River and Into the Trees