MA Anglo-Irish Literature and Drama
Course Description
This course aims to provide students with a rigorous introduction to Irish writing in English from Jonathan Swift to the present. It is taught in a series of modules designed to foster a thorough knowledge of the key texts and authors of Anglo-Irish writing. Students are encouraged to develop confidence in the use of appropriate critical methodologies (from close reading to postcolonial, feminist to new historical, generic to performative) which might enrich their appreciation of the forms of Irish writing.
The course offers an ideal grounding in the subject for those who wish to proceed to the PhD, but it is also attractive to teachers on a career break, mature students returning to college after a lapse of years, or to bright undergraduates who enjoyed those Irish texts studied on college syllabi and who wish to deepen their understanding of Irish literary traditions. Graduates of the course may be found in university and secondary teaching, film and theatre, arts education and administration, publishing and creative writing, and in law, personnel, civil service and journalistic fields.
A writer-in-residence teaches a special weekly seminar in one semester. Recent occupants of the post have included Claire Keegan, Conor O'Callaghan, Catherine Phil Macarthy, John McGahern, Joseph O'Connor, Hugo Hamilton, Nuala Ni Dhomhnaill, Paula Meehan, Paul Durcan, and James Ryan.
Modules 2012-2013
ENG 41220 Gender and Irish Poetry (Dr Catriona Clutterbuck, Semester 1)
ENG 40420 Early Irish Theatre: Tradition and Dissent (Dr PJ Mathews and Professor Frank McGuinness, Semester 1)
Eng40410 W.B. Yeats and Irish Poetry Cultures (Dr Lucy Collins, Semester 1)
ENG40760 Introduction to Literary Research Methods (Dr John Brannigan, Semester 1)
ENG40430 Joyce, Ulysses (Professor Anne Fogarty, Dr Luca Crispi, Semester 2)
ENG 40400 The Novel and the Story (Professor Margaret Kelleher, Semester 2)
ENG40030 Theorising Ireland (Dr PJ Mathews, Semester 2)
ENG40020 Beckett and Contemporary Irish Drama (Professor Anthony Roche, Semester 2)
Teaching Team
Dr. Luca Crispi
Professor Anne Fogarty (Coordinator, semester 1)
Professor Margaret Kelleher (Coordinator, semester 2)
Assessment
Modules may be assessed by essay, project work, presentation, or examination. The dissertation accounts for one-third of the degree classification.
Application
The final deadline for applications for this MA is 1st May. You are encouraged to apply early if your application, including the transcript of your degree results, is complete. Decisions on some places on the MA will be made prior to this final deadline. Applications received after this deadline may not be considered.
