Faculté des lettres et des sciences humaines Professor: Brad Kent

Faculté des lettres et des sciences humaines
Département des littératures
Professor: Brad Kent
Session: Autumn 2015
ANG-7112/LIT-7099 Literature and Nationalism in Modern Ireland
Description:
The Irish Literary Revival of the late 1890s and early twentieth century was one of the
most dynamic movements in Anglophone and World Literatures. Along with the various
political and military efforts, cultural practitioners did much to justify and impel Ireland
towards the independence the country finally achieved in 1922 and to offer the creative
resistance that inspired anti-colonial struggles around the globe. However, the passions
and hopes of this long struggle also led to much disillusion in the post-independence
period. Indeed, many writers considered that the state had failed to deliver on the
promises of personal, social, and cultural liberation. This course will examine the diverse
and important texts and figures of modern Ireland, including Nobel Laureates and major
innovators of modernism. Some of the authors we will study will include W.B. Yeats,
J.M. Synge, James Joyce, Bernard Shaw, Sean O’Casey, Elizabeth Bowen, Lady
Gregory, Liam O’Flaherty, Frank O’Connor, and Sean O’Faolain. By placing poetry,
drama, and prose alongside contemporary polemical essays and political theory, we will
focus on the competing notions of the nation in the face of changing contexts and the
philosophical underpinnings of cultural nationalism.
Evaluation:
Participation: 10%
Class Presentation: 30%
Colloquium Presentation: 20%
Final Paper: 40%
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Échelle de conversion de notes (1 cycle)
Excellent :
Très bon :
Bon :
A+ = 94-100
B+ = 82-84
C+ = 72-74
A = 89-93
B = 78-81
C = 68-71
e
A– = 85-88
B– = 75-77
C– = 65-67
Passable :
Insuffisant :
D+ = 61-64
E = 0-54
D = 55-60
Bon :
Insuffisant :
C+ = 72-74
E = 0-67
C = 68-71
e
Échelle de conversion de notes (2 et 3 cycles)
Excellent :
Très bon :
A+ = 94-100
B+ = 82-84
A = 89-93
B = 78-81
A– = 85-88
B– = 75-77