Imagining Modern Ireland: An Introduction to Irish Culture Studies

(3 Credit Hours) · Undergraduate

This course provides an interdisciplinary introduction to the ways in which Irish writers, musicians, and filmmakers have contributed to the formation of Irish identities from the cultural revival of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century to contemporary times. It considers the extent in which these artists have been actively involved in Ireland's shift from a traditional society to a modern one, particularly regarding language, gender, and the connections between imagining and reimagining Ireland and Irishness in the modern period.