Ireland in Lit and Film

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In this course, we’re going to study Ireland through film and literature. We’ll focus on some of the key issues/events/experiences in Irish history such as the Troubles, Easter 1916 and the Magdalen Laundries’ scandals. While analyzing recent Irish films and literary works, we shall consider the following questions: how does our reading and understanding of the same event changes when it is being portrayed via a different medium and/or in a different genre? What can be communicated via a documentary and how does a work of literary fiction complicate and/or challenge the representation put forward by a documentary film or drama? What does a comedy allow us to see about the (tragic) past? While we will definitely watch and analyze Derry Girls, this course endeavors to introduce you to many new Irish films, novels, and TV series!