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Study programmes 2009-2010Last update : 28/06/2010
LGER0068-6  English literature e (Ghosts from the past in contemporary Irish literature in English)
Duration :  30h Th
Credits/ECTS :  
Master in Modern Languages and Literatures : General, Teaching Focus, 1st yearDeuxième quadrimestre5
Master in Modern Languages and Literatures : General, Teaching Focus, 2nd yearDeuxième quadrimestre5
Master in Modern Languages and Literatures: German, Dutch and English Searching Focus , 1st yearDeuxième quadrimestre5
Master in Modern Languages: German, Dutch and English Teaching Focus, 1st yearDeuxième quadrimestre5
Master in Modern Languages and Literatures: German, Dutch and English Searching FocusDeuxième quadrimestre5
Master in Modern Languages and Literatures, general orientation, in-depth approach, 1st yearDeuxième quadrimestre5
Master in Modern Languages and Literatures, general orientation, in-depth approach, 2nd yearDeuxième quadrimestre5
Master in Modern Languages and Literatures, general orientationDeuxième quadrimestre5
Master in Languages and Literatures : General, Professional Focus in Translation, 1st yearDeuxième quadrimestre5
Master in Languages and Literatures : General, Professional Focus in Translation, 2nd yearDeuxième quadrimestre5
Master en langues et littératures modernes, orientation germaniques, à finalité spécialisée en traduction, 1st yearDeuxième quadrimestre5
Holder(s) :  Christine Pagnoulle
Language :  Langue anglaise
Course contents :  This year's course will introduce students to works in contemporary Irish literature, especially to Dermot Bolger's multifaceted production.
Course objective :  Reading strategies; a sense of history; bibliographical research.
Prerequisites :  A good knowledge of English.
Workshops :  The course is taught in seminar form.
Organization :  2nd term, on Tuesday from 9 to 11.
Written notes :  (anthology of cont Irish poets)
Selina Guinness (ed.) The New Irish Poets, Bloodaxe, 2004
Dermot Bolger (ed.), The Vintage Book of Contemporary Irish Fiction, NY, 1995
Dermot Bolger, Plays: 1, Methuen, 2000
Dermot Bolger, The Family at Paradise Pier, HarperPerennial, 2006
Assessment :  Students will hand in a essay and take an oral examination that covers what was done in class though starting from their essay. Participations in class is also taken into account.
Contacts :  Christine Pagnoulle
Tél. 32 4 3665438
cpagnoulle@ulg.ac.be
Remarks :  We hope that Dermot Bolger will accept an invitation for a lecture and reading.
A class will be devoted to screening Ken Loach's The Wind that Shakes the Barley.


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