ENGL2208 · English
Morrissey College of Arts & Sciences
How can a tiny island and its diaspora have so shaped the literature, film, music, art, science, and politics of the world? From charming backwater to center of technology, from bastion of Catholicism to gay marriage, through peace and conflict, Irishness (and Irish-Americanness) is an ever-unstable proposition. Exploring through categories such as gender, sexuality, and ethnicity its manifold mutations, this course will investigate the troubled stream of Irish history and culture from Jonathan Swift to Stephen Colbert, from W.B. Yeats to Riverdance, from JFK to U2, from Celtic Christianity to Celtic Tiger.
Course experience
Averages use the original five-point historical evaluation scale.
Organization
4.2 / 5
How well the course was organized
Challenge
4.4 / 5
How intellectually challenging students found it
Attendance
4.6 / 5
How necessary attendance was
Assignments
4.6 / 5
How helpful assignments were
Weekly effort
~3
hours per week
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Across time
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Fall 2023
1 sectionFall 2021
1 section