Reading the Irish Revival

(3 Credit Hours) · Undergraduate

This course will examine the Irish Revival (1891-1939) as a dynamic moment in modern Irish literature in which key literary figures like W.B. Yeats, Lady Gregory, John Millington Synge, and James Joyce worked to make Ireland a center of cultural innovation once again. This significance of this period to Ireland's decolonization and to related debates over the appropriate forms and language for an Irish national literature will provide a central focus. Texts to be considered will include: the drama of J.M. Synge and Lady Gregory, the poetry of W.B. Yeats, and James Joyce's Dubliners.