ENGL 327 - Irish Film and Fiction

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We’ll examine classic and contemporary depictions of Irish life, with a focus on Dublin. Assignments include exploration reports, brief reaction papers, and a longer critical essay discussing Dublin’s films, fiction, and people. Authors may include James Joyce, Bram Stoker, William Butler Yeats, Oscar Wilde, Martin McDonagh, Sarah Maria Griffin, Melatu Uche Okorie, Roddy Doyle, Sally Rooney, Edna O’Brien, Colm Tóibín, and Seamus Heaney. Films and TV may include Derry Girls, Ballykissangel, Sing Street, Intermission, Brooklyn, The Drummer and the Keeper, Once, and Calvary.