English 258 - POST/COLONIALISM MOD IRISH LIT

Irish writing in the 20th century (and beyond) has been indelibly formed by the experience of British colonialism on the island. We will examine a range of literary responses to this history, and to the experiences of civil war, independence, partition, and postcolonial status. Writers include Yeats, Joyce, O'Casey, Boland, O'Brien, Moxley, Heaney, and Friel. Prerequisite: a college-level course in literature.