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*Modern Irish Drama* is currently being reprinted. The remainder of the order should be available at House of Our Own (222-1576) by Jan. 24.
A bulkpack for the course is available at Wharton Reprographics, in the basement of Steinberg-Dietrich.
Students will also be expected to see several films, some of which will be screened:
January
Tues 14: Introduction. Students should begin to read Moody and Martin
for background.
Thurs 16: Cultural Revolution. Manifesto for Irish
Literary Theatre (*MID*, 378-9); Yeats,
*Cathleen ni Houlihan* (*MID*); "Red Hanrahan's Song About Ireland" (Yeats
poetry). *MID* is being reprinted. Copies (20) will be available
soon, but in the meantime, the readings for Thurs. are available on my
office door (202 Bennett).
Tues 21: Lady Gregory, *The Rising of the Moon* (*MID*); John Keegan
Casey, "The Rising of the Moon." (bulkpack)
Note: Our new classroom is Bennett 222.
Thurs 23: No class.
Tues 28: Synge, *The Playboy of the Western World* (*MID*).
Bring in
your guess at why there were riots at the first
performances of *Playboy*.
Wed 29, 7 pm: Screening of *The Playboys*. Location: Bennett
323.
Thurs 30: Rose poems and discussion of movie. Yeats: "To the Rose
Upon the Rood of Time," "To
Ireland in the Coming Times." Owen Roe MacWard: Three versions of Dark
Rosaleen"; Joseph Mary Plunkett: "I See Blood Upon the Rose" (bulkpack).
February
Tues 4: Political Revolution. Pearse, "At the
Grave
of O'Donovan Rossa", poems, *The Singer*; selections from Irish political
documents (bulkpack). Read Moody and Martin on Easter Rising.
Thurs 6: The Rising cont. Yeats, "Easter, 1916," "Sixteen Dead Men,"
"The Rose Tree,"
"The Leaders of the Crowd."
Tues 11: O'Casey, *The Plough and the Stars*.
Thurs 13: O'Casey, *Juno and the Paycock* and *Shadow of a Gunman*.
Tues 18: Yeats, "Meditations in a Time of Civil War," "The Coat," "Man
and the Echo," "The Circus Animals Desertion," "In Memory of Eva
Gore-Booth and Con Markievicz," "A Stick of Incense," "Crazy Jane Talks
With the Bishop."
Thurs 20: Revisions of Ireland Sinead O'Connor, "A
Short, Sharp Shock." Joyce, *Dubliners*. Focus in particular on "The
Sisters," "An Encounter," "Araby," "Two Gallants," and "The Boarding
House."
Tues 25: Joyce, *Dubliners* cont. Focus in particular on "A Little
Cloud," "Counterparts," "Ivy Day in the Committee Room," "A Mother," and
"The Dead."
Thurs 27: Joyce cont.
March
Tues 4: Finish Joyce, "The Dead". O'Brien, "The land itself"; Sinead
O'Connor, "I am stretched
on your grave," "Three babies," "Black boys on mopeds," "Famine"
(bulkpack). Paper #1 due.
Thurs 6: *Mother Ireland* screening and discussion.
(Tues 11: Spring Break.
Thurs 13: Spring Break.)
Tues 18: *TOV*: "In the Middle of the Fields," "Housekeeper's Cut,"
"The Day of the Christening," "Midwife to the Fairies." Poem: Nuala Ni
Dhomhnaill, "An Bhatrail/The Battering."
Thurs 20: *TOV*: "The Wall-reader," "Naming the Names." Poetry:
Siobhan Campbell, Linda Anderson (bulkpack).
Tues 25: *TOV*: "Sister Imelda," "The Foundress." Poetry: Kathleen
O'Driscoll (bulkpack).
Thurs 27: *TOV*: "Shepherd's Bush," "The Dove of Peace." Poetry:
Patricia McCarthy, Eithne Strong, Paula Meehan (bulkpack).
April
Tues 1: Finish *TOV* and Meehan. Brien Friel, *Translations* (*MID*).
Thurs 3: Thomas Davis, "Our National Language." Nuala ni Dhohmnaill
selections (bulkpack).
Tues 8: Seamus Heaney poetry selections.
Thurs 10: Screening, *Hush-a-Bye Baby*. Discussion.
Tues 15: Poetry.
Wed 16: *The Crying Game* screening.
Thurs 17: Discussion, *The Crying Game*. "Guests of the Nation."
Tues 22: *Crying Game*.
Thurs 24: Last day. Final wrap-up. Final papers due.
Thurs May 8, 1:30 - 3:30 pm: Final exam.
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