ENGL 5238G - Irish Women Writers (3 Credit Hours)

Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0
An examination of poetry, prose, and drama produced by Irish and Irish-diasporic women. The course examines female archetypes from Irish mythology; female hagiography from medieval Ireland; and the Field Day controversy. It also interrogates such literary accomplishments by Irish women as nineteenth-century Big House novels and twentieth-century neo-domestic verse. Graduate students will be given an extra assignment determined by the instructor that undergraduates will not be required to do.

Cross Listing(s): ENGL 5238.
Restriction(s): NO Undergraduate Level Students