552.290 (24S) Topics in British Cultural Studies: Interculturalism in post-Celtic Tiger Ireland: Reflections in Irish Theatre

Sommersemester 2024

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First course session
14.03.2024 10:00 - 12:00 N.0.43 On Campus
Next session:
23.05.2024 10:00 - 12:00 N.0.43 On Campus

Overview

Lecturer
LV Nummer Südostverbund ENM02001UL
Course title german Topics in British Cultural Studies: Interculturalism in post-Celtic Tiger Ireland: Reflections in Irish Theatre
Type Proseminar (continuous assessment course )
Course model Attendance-based course
Hours per Week 2.0
ECTS credits 3.0
Registrations 17 (25 max.)
Organisational unit
Language of instruction English
Course begins on 14.03.2024
eLearning Go to Moodle course

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Course Information

Intended learning outcomes

Following an introduction to contemporary Irish society and its transition from a multicultural to an intercultural society along with the development of the 'Celtic Tiger era', the course will aim at exploring contemporary Irish society, with focus on the post-Celtic Tiger era, via the analysis and discussion of selected plays by contemporary Irish dramatists as well as migrant dramatists. At the end of the course, students will have gained knowledge of contemporary Irish society and culture with focus on the Celtic and post-Celtic Tiger Ireland and interculturalism. It is also expected that students who have completed this course will be able to critically analyse and discuss issues related to the social and cultural context of contemporary Ireland, and will have an appreciation for the Irish playwrights and plays representative of contemporary Ireland since the 1990s. 

Teaching methodology

This course will be conducted through lectures, student presentations and plenary discussions.

Course content

As background reading and preparation for class discussions, relevant secondary sources primarily on culture and society in contemporary Ireland will be provided by the lecturer via the Moodle course page. It is advised that students obtain their own copies of the primary texts. The plays to be studied will be announced at the start of the semester. 

Prior knowledge expected

None. However, some background knowledge on (contemporary) Ireland and Irish culture would be appreciated.  

Curricular registration requirements

Successful completion of "British OR American Culture: History and Society."

Literature

The primary texts will be announced via the Moodle page.

Suggested secondary sources for further reading are:

Kiberd, Declan. 1995. Inventing Ireland. Great Britain: Cape.

McIvor, Charlotte. 2016. Migration and Performance in Contemporary Ireland: Towards a New Interculturalism. London: Palgrave Macmillan.

McIvor, Charlotte. 2011. "Staging the 'New Irish': Interculturalism and the Future of the Post-Celtic Tiger Irish Theatre." Modern Drama:  54(3): 310-332.      

Moynihan, Sinead. 2013. Other People's Diasporas: Negotiating Race in Contemporary Irish and Irish American Culture. Syracuse: Syracuse UP.

Villar-Argaiz, Pilar, ed. 2013. Literary Visions of Multicultural Ireland: The Immigrant in Contemporary Irish Literature. Manchester: Manchester UP. 



Examination information

Im Fall von online durchgeführten Prüfungen sind die Standards zu beachten, die die technischen Geräte der Studierenden erfüllen müssen, um an diesen Prüfungen teilnehmen zu können.

Examination methodology

Besides the proseminar paper, students will be expected to write a response essay on a given topic as an assignment. Student presentations and class participation will also be the markers of evaluation and assessment. 

Examination topic(s)

Everything within the coverage of the course.

Assessment criteria / Standards of assessment for examinations

20 %  class presentation (individual or in groups)

30 %  written assignment (response essay)

50 %  proseminar paper

Grading scheme

Grade / Grade grading scheme

Position in the curriculum

  • Bachelor-Lehramtsstudium Bachelor Unterrichtsfach Englisch (SKZ: 407, Version: 17W.2)
    • Subject: Anglophone Cultural History and Theory (Compulsory subject)
      • ENM.002 Topics in British Cultural Studies ( 2.0h PS / 3.0 ECTS)
        • 552.290 Topics in British Cultural Studies: Interculturalism in post-Celtic Tiger Ireland: Reflections in Irish Theatre (2.0h PS / 3.0 ECTS)
          Absolvierung im 4., 5., 6. Semester empfohlen
  • Bachelor-Lehramtsstudium Bachelor Unterrichtsfach Englisch (SKZ: 407, Version: 15W.2)
    • Subject: Anglophone Cultural History and Theory (Compulsory subject)
      • ENM.002 Topics in British Cultural Studies ( 2.0h PS / 3.0 ECTS)
        • 552.290 Topics in British Cultural Studies: Interculturalism in post-Celtic Tiger Ireland: Reflections in Irish Theatre (2.0h PS / 3.0 ECTS)
          Absolvierung im 4., 5., 6. Semester empfohlen
  • Bachelor-Lehramtsstudium Bachelor Unterrichtsfach Englisch (SKZ: 407, Version: 19W.2)
    • Subject: Anglophone Cultural History and Theory (Compulsory subject)
      • ENM.002 Topics in British Cultural Studies ( 2.0h PS / 3.0 ECTS)
        • 552.290 Topics in British Cultural Studies: Interculturalism in post-Celtic Tiger Ireland: Reflections in Irish Theatre (2.0h PS / 3.0 ECTS)
          Absolvierung im 4., 5., 6. Semester empfohlen
  • Teacher training programme English (Secondary School Teacher Accreditation) (SKZ: 344, Version: 04W.7)
    • Stage two
      • Subject: Advanced Culture Studies (Compulsory subject)
        • Topics in British Culture Studies ( 2.0h SE / 4.0 ECTS)
          • 552.290 Topics in British Cultural Studies: Interculturalism in post-Celtic Tiger Ireland: Reflections in Irish Theatre (2.0h PS / 3.0 ECTS)
  • Bachelor's degree programme English and American Studies (SKZ: 612, Version: 15W.3)
    • Subject: Fachliches Grundstudium Culture (Compulsory subject)
      • 6.1 Topics in British Cultural Studies ( 0.0h PS / 3.0 ECTS)
        • 552.290 Topics in British Cultural Studies: Interculturalism in post-Celtic Tiger Ireland: Reflections in Irish Theatre (2.0h PS / 3.0 ECTS)
          Absolvierung im 2. Semester empfohlen

Equivalent courses for counting the examination attempts

This course is not assigned to a sequence of equivalent courses