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Apr 19, 2024
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2021-2022 Hill Book (Class of 2025) [ARCHIVED HILL BOOK]
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ENG 100/158 - Whose Ireland? Writing the Immigrant Experience (Core/First-Year Seminar)Three or Four Credits
Offered Periodically
This seminar explores the concept of Irishness through the work of writers born in Ireland and those who immigrated into Ireland in the wake of the Celtic Tiger and the formation of the European Union. We will ask: How has what it means to be “Irish” changed after key moments in Irish history? Who “counts” as Irish? Is Irishness a geographic designation, a cultural concept, a political tool, or a literary construct? By examining seminal works by authors such as W.B. Yeats in conversation with contemporary authors including Oona Frawley and Melatu Uche Okorie, students will practice close reading of texts in order to form compelling arguments about the interactions between the nation, race, ethnicity, and literature.
Prerequisite(s)/Restriction(s): ENG 158 is a First-Year Seminar and open to First-Year Students only.
General Education Attribute(s): ENG 100, for 3-credits, fulfills the Literature Cornerstone.
ENG 158, for 4-credits, fulfills the First-Year Seminar and Literature Cornerstone.
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