Autumn Term 2025
SEPTEMBER |
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| Monday September 15th | Prof Gearóid Ó Tuathaigh, Historian, Writer, former Dean of Arts and University Vice President NUIG, Member of NUI senate and current Member of Council of State. |
| Tuesday September 23rd | Theo Dorgan Poet, Writer, Lecturer,Documentary Screenwriter |
| Monday September 29th | Mark Roper, Poet, Margaret O’Brien, Photographer
Celebrating The Japanese Gardens. Tramore- a film , photos, poems and talk on the writer Lafcadio Hearn,
The Cuala Press and visualising ‘‘ Home“ |
OCTOBER |
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Oct 6th/7th
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Week I. Class I: Course overview Class II: Language, Literature, and Perception – key themes and issues (I) (Core text: Paul Anthony Jones, Why Is This a Question? (2022)) |
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Oct 13th/14th
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Week 2. Class I: Language, Literature, and Perception – key themes and issues (II) (Core text: Paul Anthony Jones, Why Is This a Question?) Class II: Language, Literature, and Perception – key themes and issues (III) (Core text: Paul Anthony Jones, Why Is This a Question?) |
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Oct 20th/21th
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Week 3. Class I: Dante Alighieri, The Inferno (c. 1321) – literary-historical contexts Class II: The Inferno of Dante Alighieri (transl. Ciaran Carson 2002) [This text will be made available in class] |
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Oct 28th
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Week 4. Class I: The Inferno of Dante Alighieri (transl. Ciaran Carson) – analysis and discussion Class II The Inferno of Dante Alighieri (transl. Ciaran Carson) – analysis and discussion |
Halloween Bank Holiday |
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NOVEMBER |
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Nov 3rd/4th
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Week 5. Class I: The Inferno of Dante Alighieri (transl. Ciaran Carson) – analysis and discussion Class II: Michel de Montaigne, Essays (1580) – literary-historical contexts |
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Nov 10th/11th
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Week 6. Class I: Montaigne, Essays (M.A. Screech, trans.) – analysis and discussion Class II: Montaigne, Essays (M.A. Screech, trans.) – analysis and discussion |
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Nov 17th /18th
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Week 7. Class I: Kate O’Brien, The Land of Spices (1941) – literary-historical contexts
Class II: Kate O’Brien, The Land of Spices (1941) – analysis and discussion
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Nov 24th/25th
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Week 8. Class I: Kate O’Brien, The Land of Spices (1941) – analysis and discussion
Class II: Kate O’Brien, The Land of Spices (1941) – analysis and discussion
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DECEMBER |
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Dec 1st/2nd
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Week 9. Class I: Kate O’Brien, The Land of Spices (1941) – analysis and discussion
Class II: Marina Carr, Portia Coughlan (1996) – literary-historical contexts
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Dec 8th/9th
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Week 10: Class I: Marina Carr, Portia Coughlan (1996) – analysis and discussion Class II: Marina Carr, Portia Coughlan (1996) – analysis and discussion |
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Christmas Break |
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Jan 12th/14th
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Week 11. Class I: Billy Collins, Water, Water (2024) – literary-historical contexts Class II: Billy Collins, Water, Water (2024) – analysis and discussion |
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Jan 19th/20th
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Week 12. Class I: Class I: Billy Collins, Water, Water (2024) – analysis and discussion
Class II: Billy Collins, Water, Water (2024) – analysis and discussion
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Jan 26th/27th
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Week 13. Class I: Chimananda Ngozi Adichie, Dream Count (2025) – literary-historical contexts Class II: Chimananda Ngozi Adichie, Dream Count – analysis and discussion |
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FEBRUARY |
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Tuesday 3rd
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Week 14: Class I: Chimananda Ngozi Adichie, Dream Count – analysis and discussion Class II: Chimananda Ngozi Adichie, Dream Count – analysis and discussion |
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Feb 9th/10th
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Week 15 Class I: Chimananda Ngozi Adichie, Dream Count – analysis and discussion
Class II: Course Review think
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