An Introduction to Irish Gaelic Literature

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Offered every other autumn. This course will introduce students to the riches and delights of the literary tradition of Gaelic Ireland from the earliest times down to the Great Famine. Consulting texts in translation, students will read stories from the Heroic Literature of Ireland; they will learn of the impact of Christianity, the Viking Raids, the Norman invasion and the Tudor conquest on the canons of Irish literature.