SYLLABUS

NB: For an updated syllabus, reading materials and other details go to the course Moodle site. Contemporary Irish Poetry: Feminism and Beyond (Moodle)

Please note that there will be no class on February 22.

1.
INTRODUCTION

2. (2 weeks)
TRANSCENDING THE TROPES OF THE FEMINIZED LAND
IRISH MOTHERS
Reading
Patrick Pearse, Eavan Boland, Vona Groarke, Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill, Máirtín Ó Direáin, Paul Muldoon, Seamus Heaney

3. (2 weeks)
TECHNIQUES OF SILENCE AND OBLIQUITY
Reading
Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin, Vona Groarke, Medbh McGuckian

4. (2 weeks)
POETRY IN IRISH
Reading
Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill, Biddy Jenkinson, Aifric Mac Aodha, Máire Mhac an tSaoi, Seán Ó Ríordáin

5. (2 weeks)
IRISH POETRY AFTER FEMINISM
Reading
Vona Groarke, Caitríona O’Reilly, Sinéad Morrissey, Ailbhe Darcy

6. (1 week)
CURRENT DEBATES AND STATE OF AFFAIRS
Reading
Medbh McGuckian, Caitríona Ó Reilly

7.
CONCLUSIONS
Distribution of topics for the final essays, course evaluation