This interdisciplinary course will delve into the murky world of Celtic mythology and the magical folkloric traditions of Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. Through a combination of medieval texts and modern retellings we will explore the Irish...
This course examines representations of Americans travelling in Italy as a lens for exploring the US’s changing relationship to the world in the twentieth century. Italy offers a rich point of entry for this investigation: the country not only...
This course takes up representations of Italy by Americans travelling abroad as means of tracing the US’s changing relationship to the world in the twentieth century. Italy offers a rich point of entry for this investigation: the country not only...
The Spanish Civil War has generated an unprecedented level of interest in the historiography, literature, cinema and figurative arts both inside and outside of Spain. It is still, both quantitatively and qualitatively, the most popular topic in all...
Irish dramatists have for many years been held in high esteem on the world stage. Students will study the development of this success and gain an insight into subject matters which inspire Irish Playwrights. Through focused study of selected plays...
Over twelve weekly sessions, this course will facilitate student engagement with writing creatively, with a concentration on the short story form. Concurrently, participants will trace the development of the modern Irish short story as a literary...
“The Second World War had more influence on British national identity than any other event in history. - Richard Weight, Patriots, p. 116
The 1940s are also often reckoned to be the golden decade of British cinema. This course explores the...
This course will retrace and seek to understand the gradual shift in France from feminist theory to gender studies. Unlike in the American and British Academe, where the academic merit of these subjects was established over a half-century ago, in...
The objective of this course is to analyze the connection between literature (mainly narrative but occasionally some poetic and dramatic texts as well) and cinema. Along with this theoretical analysis, the course covers the historical evolution of...