20th Century Irish Short Story

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Course ID:	3301-LB2019
Erasmus code / ISCED:	09.203 Kod klasyfikacyjny przedmiotu składa się z trzech do pięciu cyfr, przy czym trzy pierwsze oznaczają klasyfikację dziedziny wg. Listy kodów dziedzin obowiązującej w programie Socrates/Erasmus, czwarta (dotąd na ogół 0) – ewentualne uszczegółowienie informacji o dyscyplinie, piąta – stopień zaawansowania przedmiotu ustalony na podstawie roku studiów, dla którego przedmiot jest przeznaczony. / (unknown)
Course title:	20th Century Irish Short Story
Name in Polish:	Opowiadanie irlandzkie w XX wieku
Organizational unit:	Institute of English Studies
Course groups:	(in Polish) Fakultatywne przedmioty dla studiów dziennych z literatury brytyjskiej
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores):	(not available) Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles: the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS; the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h; 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes; weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS; work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load. view allocation of credits
Language:	English
Type of course:	elective courses
Short description:	The aim of the course is to present the development of the Irish short story from the beginning of the 20th century (George Moore, James Joyce), then such masters of the short story as Frank O’Connor and Sean O’ Faolain, female writers Mary Lavin and Elizabeth Bowen and the more contemporary writers like Brian Friel and William Trevor. The stories will be discussed against a background of the Irish historical and cultural context. The assessment of the course - activity in class and oral discussion of some problems connected with the theme of the course (kolokwium).
Full description:	The Irish short story has a very distinct and unique character. The aim of the course is to show the specific features of this literary genre and its development, starting with the beginning of the 20th century up to the most contemporary time. The Irish short story is very much dependent on its cultural context - history of Ireland, its complicated political and religious situation and other specifically Irish cultural issues. We are going to discuss stories from the beginning of the 20th century by George Moore and several stories from James Joyce’s collection Dubliners. Then we are going to deal with the masters of the Irish short story like Frank O’Connor or Sean O’Faolain, short stories written by women (Mary Lavin, Elizabeth Bowen) to most recent short stories by Brian Friel or William Trevor.
Bibliography:	Averill, Deborah M., The Irish Short Story from George Moore to Frank O’ Connor 1982. Kilroy, James F. (ed.) The Irish Short Story 1984. Rafroidi, Patrick, Brown, Terence, The Irish Short Story 1979. Thompson, Richard J., Everlasting Voices. Aspects of the Modern Irish Short Story 1989.
Learning outcomes:	(in Polish) Kształcenie językowe na poziomie B2+.
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:	The assessment of the course is based on the activity during the class and oral discussion of some problems presented in the stories we have read and talked about in class (kolokwium).

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