| LEC # | TOPICS | KEY DATES |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Welcomes, logistical explanations, and a few warm-up exercises. | |
| 2 | James Joyce, "The Dead." Not to pre-empt the lead-off persons here, but two questions that nag at me about this story are, "To whom precisely does the title refer?" and "Can this marriage be saved?" | |
| 3 | James Joyce, "The Dead." (cont.) | |
| 4 | William Butler Yeats | |
| 5 | William Butler Yeats (cont.) | |
| 6 | Samuel Beckett | |
| 7 | Recently an enterprising group undertook the filming of all of Beckett's stage works. The Literature Section film office owns the set, and we'll take a look at a few of Smiling Sammy's shorter works today. | |
| 8 | Edna O'Brien | |
| 9 | William Trevor | |
| 10 | Mary Lavin | |
| 11 | John McGahern | |
| 12 | Mary Dorcey Mary Morrissey |
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| 13 | Roddy Doyle Sara Berkeley |
First paper due |
| 14 | Brian Friel | |
| 15 | Brian Friel (cont.) | |
| 16 | Seamus Heaney | |
| 17 | Seamus Heaney (cont.) | |
| 18 | John Montague | |
| 19 | John Montague (cont.) | |
| 20 | Eavan Boland Nuala ni Dhomhnaill Paula Meehan |
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| 21 | Marina Carr | Second paper due |
| 22 | Discussion of poetry from The White Page. The lead-off people will have the power / responsibility to select the poem we attend to on that day, and given time others may bring forward their choices. | |
| 23 | The White Page Discussions (cont.) | |
| 24 | The White Page Discussions (cont.) | |
| 25 | The White Page Discussions (cont.) | |
| 26 | Final Lecture |
