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Apr 16, 2024
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2016-2017 HillBook (Class of 2020) [ARCHIVED HILL BOOK]
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IRS 203 - Modern Ireland: 1845-1998Three Credits
Not Offered 2015-2016
Introduces the patterns of modern and contemporary Irish life and culture from a multidisciplinary perspective. Investigates the impact of famine on Irish society and the subsequent Gaelic Revival and Anglo-Irish Literary Revival from the 1880s until establishment of the Irish Free State in 1922. Explores the impact of cultural nationalism and the progress of 20th century literature in Irish and English. Studies the work of J.M. Synge, James Joyce, W.B. Yeats, Seamus Heaney and others. Examines the Irish response to changes in modern Irish society including religion, the family, social change, and the Irish economy.
Course may be applied to the Irish Studies minor.
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