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CSS1101: Irish Childhoods: Gaelic Language and Literature
Semester 2 | Credits: 5
This module aims to examine the conception of 'childhood' as depicted in Irish-language texts, including texts from Old and Middle-Irish as well as contemporary literary texts. It also includes the study of Irish-language children's literature. It will be delivered through English by members of Roinn na Gaeilge, School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures.
(Language of instruction: English)
Learning Outcomes
- Compare and contrast the representations of childhood in Irish-language literary texts from early Irish through to the modern day.
- Discuss the importance of the National School System (1831) in relation to the Irish language.
- Give an account of traditional Irish-language games for children.
- Conduct independent research on the archival material from the School's Folklore Collection available online at www.duchas.ie.
- Give an account of the prominent themes and motifs in works of fiction for children in the writings of several Irish authors.
- Describe the importance attributed to the child in the Irish-language revival movement.
Assessments
- Continuous Assessment (100%)
Teachers
- SINEAD PATRICIA COYNE:
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- MICHAL MOLCHO:
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- LIAM LILLIS Ó LAOIRE:
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- KATE HARVEY:
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- RIÓNA NÍ FHRIGHIL:
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- Devon Goodwin:
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Reading List
- "The Irish folklore commission: history, ideology and methodology" by Briody, M.
Publisher: Finnish Literature Society - "'"Lessons for Life": the representation of adult-child relationships in twentieth-century Irish-language autobiographical writing' in Maria Luddy & James Smith (eds), Children, Childhood and Irish Society" by Nic Eoin, M.
Publisher: Four Courts Press - "The Islandman" by O'Crohan, T.
Publisher: Clarendon Press
Note: Module offerings and details may be subject to change.