Modern Irish Literature II: Drama: graded paper - AAALC012B

• Title: Modern Irish Literature II: Contemporary Drama: písemná práce
• Guaranteed by: Department of Anglophone Literatures and Cultures (21-UALK)
• Faculty: Faculty of Arts
• Actual: from 2024
• Semester: both
• Points: 0
• E-Credits: 3
• Examination process: written
• Hours per week, examination: 0/0, Ex [HT]
• Capacity: winter:unknown / unknown (unknown); summer:unknown / unknown (unknown)
• Min. number of students: unlimited
• 4EU+: no
• Virtual mobility / capacity: no
• State of the course: taught
• Language: English
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Note: course can be enrolled in outside the study plan; enabled for web enrollment; you can enroll for the course in winter and in summer semester
• Guarantor: prof. Mgr. Ondřej Pilný, Ph.D.
• Co-requisite : AAALC012A

Annotation

M.A. Special Programme: Irish Studies (basic course), British Literature and Commonwealth Cultural Studies (extension course).
Note: Attendance at a Modern Irish Literature I course is not a prerequisite for this course.


OBJECTIVES
The course charts the vibrant territory of Irish drama and theatre of the last four decades. It examines the nature of the Irish dramatic canon and the features of what has, until very recently, typically passed for an “Irish play”; it then proceeds to discuss the radical changes that have occurred in Irish writing for the stage and in theatre practice since the 1990s. Principal issues to discuss within the context include the gradual shift from re-negotiations of collective identity towards a focus on the individual in the 1990s; the influence of international theatre practice; the shift in the politics of Irish theatre from the context of the nation towards a critique of social injustice and various forms of discrimination; and last but not least, the nation-wide discussion of gender inequality in the arts triggered by the Waking the Feminists (2015-16) initiative.

Students wishing to submit a graded paper must first complete the course and fulfill the credit requirements.

CREDIT REQUIREMENTS consist of
1. Regular attendance and active participation in debates (based on the assigned reading). A maximum of 2 unexplained absences is allowed.
2. Oral presentation of 20 min duration.
3. A final essay. Final essays for Credit (Záp.) should be 2500-3000 words. Students who wish to earn also an exam grade (Zk.) in the subject must sign up for this separately in the SIS and submit an additional research paper of 4500-5000 words. The topic of any essay must be consulted with the course instructor in advance. Essays must include full bibliographical references and footnotes for all works cited or paraphrased (in accordance with the Notes and Bibliography Chicago style). Students are advised not to use Internet sources in place of adequately researching texts available in print or in academic digital collections. Plagiarism will not be tolerated and will result in a fail grade. The use of AI in writing the essays is prohibited. Essays are submitted by e-mail to the course instructor (as an MS Word/Open Office document). Deadline for all essays: 10 June 2025. Any rewrites must be submitted by 7 September 2025.

Last update: Pilný Ondřej, prof. Mgr., Ph.D. (03.02.2025)