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OBJECTIVES
Well into the latter half of the last century, women in Ireland (and elsewhere) were considered "not poets, but poetry". Yet, the unprecedented upsurge of poetry by women from the mid 1970s onwards secured women an undisputed place in the centre of the contemporary scene, and brought about significant changes in Irish poetry writing and criticism. We will look into the historical circumstances that preceded and occasioned those changes, unparalleled in many cultures, including the Czech milieu. Combining textual analysis with socio-cultural and theoretical background, we will consider the merits as well as the limits of literary feminism and feminist theory, and trace the recent shift in Irish poetry from feminism to post-feminism. The core of our approach will be in the close reading and interpretation of particular poems, in both English and Irish (the latter through existing translations; no knowledge of the Irish language is required). Poetry by some of the foremost poets (both female and male) in Ireland today will be examined through the theoretical discourses of various recent trends in Irish literary criticism, including post-colonial theory and post-nationalist revisionism. ASSESSMENT Regular attendance, active participation in the seminar based on the reading of assigned texts, and an essay (of 2500-3000 words) on one of the proposed topics, or a related topic of one’s own choice (to be consulted with the instructor). Poslední úprava: Znojemská Helena, Mgr., Ph.D. (24.08.2015)
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Primary texts: Eavan Boland, Collected Poems (Manchester: Carcanet, 1995). Vona Groarke, Juniper Street (Oldcastle: Gallery Press, 2006); Other People’s Houses (Oldcastle: Gallery Press, 1999); Spindrift (Oldcastle: Gallery Press, 2009). Biddy Jenkinson, Rogha Dánta (Cork: Cork University Press, 2000). Aifric Mac Aodha, Gabháil Syrinx (Maynooth: An Sagart, 2010). Medbh McGuckian, The Flower Master and Other Poems (Oldcastle: Gallery Press, 1993); Had I a Thousand Lives (Oldcastle: Gallery Press, 2003); The Currach Requires no Harbours (Oldcastle: Gallery Press, 2006). Paula Meehan, The Man Who Was Marked by Winter (Oldcastle: Gallery Press, 1991); Pillow Talk (Oldcastle: Gallery Press, 1994). Sinéad Morrissey, The State of Prisons (Manchester: Carcanet, 2005), Parallax (Manchester: Carcanet, 2013). Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin, Selected Poems (Oldcastle: Gallery Press, 2008). Nuala NÍ Dhomhnaill, Selected Poems: Rogha Dánta (Dublin: Raven Arts Press, 1989); The Water Horse (Winston-Salem, NC: Wake Forest University Press, 2000); The Fifty Minute Mermaid (Oldcastle: Gallery Press, 2007). O’Reilly, Caitríona. The Nowhere Birds (Tarset: Bloodaxe Books, 2001); The Sea Cabinet (Tarset: Bloodaxe Books, 2006).
Recommended secondary reading: Eavan Boland, Object Lessons (Manchester: Carcanet, 2006). Patricia Boyle Haberstroh, Women Creating Women (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 1996). Rosi Braidotti, Nomadic Subjects: Embodiment and Sexual Difference in Contemporary Feminist Theory (New York: Columbia University Press, 2011). Fran Brearton and Alan Gillis,eds., The Oxford Handbook of Modern Irish Poetry (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012). Claire Connolly, ed., Theorizing Ireland (Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York: Palgrave Macmillan 2003). Matthew Campbell, ed., The Cambridge Companion to Contemporary Irish Poetry (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003). Patricia Coughlan, "‘Bog Queens’: The Representations of Women in the Poetry of John Montague and Seamus Heaney," Field Day Anthology of Irish Writing: Irish Women’s Writings and Traditions, Vol. 4 (Cork: Cork University Press, 2002). Michael Cronin, Translating Ireland: Translation, Languages, Cultures (Cork: Cork University Press, 1996) Translation and Identity (London; New York: Routledge, 2006). Declan Kiberd, Inventing Ireland: The Literature of the Modern Nation (Jonathan Cape, 1995); Irish Classics (London: Granta Books, 2001). Edna Longley, The Living Stream: Literature and Revisionism in Ireland (Newcastle upon Tyne: Bloodaxe Books, 1994). Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill, Selected Essays (Dublin : New Island Books, 2005); "Introduction: Contemporary Poetry," Field Day Anthology of Irish Writing: Irish Women’s Writings and Tradition, Vol. 4, (Cork: Cork University Press, 2002). Máirín Nic Eoin, B’ait Leo Bean: Gnéithe den Idé-eolaíocht Inscne I dTraidisiún Liteartha na Gaeilge (Dublin: An Clóchomhar, 1998); "Sovereignty and Politics, c. 1300-1900," Field Day Anthology of Irish Writing: Irish Women’s Writings and Traditions (Vol. 4. Cork: Cork University Press, 2002). Justin Quinn, The Cambridge Introduction to Modern Irish Poetry, 1800-2000 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008);. Ailbhe Smyth, ed., Irish Women’s Studies Reader, Dublin: Attic Press, 1993. Poslední úprava: Znojemská Helena, Mgr., Ph.D. (24.08.2015)
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seminář Poslední úprava: Znojemská Helena, Mgr., Ph.D. (24.08.2015)
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NOTE: For an updated syllabuse and details go to Moodle.
Feb 20 - NO CLASS. I will try to make up for that session at the end of the semester. Feb 27 March 6 and 13 Reading for March 6 PRIMARY TEXTS Reading for March 13 PRIMARY TEXTS SECONDARY SOURCES NOTE: The reading for March 6 and 13 to be confirmed and uploaded by February 27. The underlined essays are those assigned for presentation.
March 20 and 27 Reading for March 20 and 27 PRIMARY TEXTS SECONDARY SOURCES
Apr 3 and 10 Reading for April 3 and 10 SECONDARY SOURCES Frank Sewell, "Between Two Languages: Poetry in Irish, English and Irish English", Cambridge Companion to Irish Poetry, ed. Matthew Campbell (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003) 149-68.
Apr 17 and 24 Reading for April 17 and 24 SECONDARY SOURCES
May 15 Reading for May 15 SECONDARY SOURCES Poslední úprava: Znojemská Helena, Mgr., Ph.D. (24.08.2015)
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