LITERATURE CORNER
IRISH LITERATURE: FROM DEATH TO LIFE
In this series, we explore and discuss whether Irish literature has become less preoccupied with gloom over the past century. Beginning with the agitation of John Rodney in Moore’s short story we follow the mood of works from Ireland right up to the relatively recent novel by Anne Enright.
Week 1
Introduction/George Moore
Week 2
James Joyce / ‘The Dead’
Week 3
Patrick Kavanagh / Collected Poems
Week 4
Colm Toibin / The Blackwater Lightship
Week 5
Claire Keegan
Week 6
Eimear McBride
Week 7
Mary Costello
Week 8
Anne Enright
Reading list
Moore, George . The Untilled Field (1903). Colin Smythe, 2000.
Joyce, James. Dubliners (1914). The O’Brien Press, 2012.
Kavanagh, Patrick. Collected Poems. Penguin Books, 2005.
Toibin, Colm. The Blackwater Lightship. (First published Picador, 1999). Papaerview, 2005.
Keegan, Claire. Foster (2010). Faber, 2010.
McBride, Eimear. A Girl Is A Half-formed Thing. (2013). Galley Beggar Press, 2013.
Costello, Mary. Academy Street. (2014). Canongate, 2015.
Enright, Anne. The Green Road. Jonathan Cape, 2015.
MONDAY 7th APRIL & for 8 weeks 8-10pm via Zoom (Time GMT)
(No sessions April 21st/May 5th/ Jun 2nd) Course concludes 16th June (Bloomsday!)
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