Expand+This ten-week course offers an introduction to Irish women’s writing from the late nineteenth century to the present. With each week dedicated to a particular novel, we will investigate how female writers have shaped Irish literature. In particular, ...

Hide-This ten-week course offers an introduction to Irish women’s writing from the late nineteenth century to the present. With each week dedicated to a particular novel, we will investigate how female writers have shaped Irish literature. In particular, we will place the texts within their political and social contexts as well as situate them in relation to developments in the publishing industry. Opening with Charlotte Riddell’s 1883 novel A Struggle for Fame, brought back to print by Tramp Press in 2014, and ending with Eimear McBride’s The Lesser Bohemians, one of the most celebrated publishing successes of the twenty-first century, the course introduces students to the thematic richness, stylistic diversity, and social criticism offered by Irish women writers.

Expand+Irish women writers have become a publishing phenomena in recent years with such luminaries as Anne Enright, Lia Mills, Eimear McBride and Sara Baume. This course offers an introduction to Irish women’s writing via a selection of key texts from a wid...

Hide-Irish women writers have become a publishing phenomena in recent years with such luminaries as Anne Enright, Lia Mills, Eimear McBride and Sara Baume. This course offers an introduction to Irish women’s writing via a selection of key texts from a wide variety of authors.

Course Content
Week 1 Introduction
Week 2 Charlotte Riddell’s, A Struggle for Fame
Week 3 Somerville and Ross’s The Real Charlotte
Week 4 Kate O’Brien’s The Land of Spices
Week 5 Deirdre Madden, One by One in the Darkness
Week 6 Mary Morrissy’s The Rising of Bella Casey
Week 7 Lia Mills’ Fallen
Week 8 Anne Enright’s The Green Road
Week 9 Eimear McBride’s The Lesser Bohemians
Week 10 Concluding session

• No experience or prior knowledge is necessary for participating in this course.

• Each session will be divided into a number of parts comprising lectures, seminars, and group activities in order to support engagement with the texts.

• Throughout the course, primary and secondary sources will be used.

• A reading list will be provided to offer guidance for more detailed research.