| Course Name |
Literature - Kate O'Brien & Contemporary Irish Women's Literature |
| Course Provider |
University College Dublin |
| Course Code |
TASTWK05 |
| Course Type |
Lifelong Learning |
| Apply To |
Course provider |
| Attendance Options |
Part time, Afternoon, Daytime |
| Location (Districts) |
Belfield |
| Enrolment and Start Dates Comment |
Start Date: Tuesday, 22 August 2017. |
| Duration |
Time: 12:00pm – 12:50pm. |
| Comment |
Lifelong Learning Taster Week Autumn 2017
UCD Access and Lifelong Learning is delighted to offer you the opportunity to attend a number of taster lectures from our Lifelong Learning programme for 2017-18. Our Lifelong Learning Taster Week (21st-25th August) will give students the opportunity to sample our programme for the coming year or just try something new! |
| Course Content |
Expand+Do you have an interest in Irish female writers? Would you like to know a little more about Kate O’ Brien and her place in Irish literature? UCD Access and Lifelong Learning is offering you an opportunity to “taste” an exploration of Kate O’Brien and...
Hide-Do you have an interest in Irish female writers? Would you like to know a little more about Kate O’ Brien and her place in Irish literature? UCD Access and Lifelong Learning is offering you an opportunity to “taste” an exploration of Kate O’Brien and Contemporary Irish Women’s Literature. I
n the 1930s-1940s, when she wrote some of her best books, Kate O’Brien enjoyed both high critical acclaim and immense popularity with the general reader. Her formidable artistic vision enabled her to carve a space for herself among the male writers of the day. When two of her novels were banned and her reputation marred, she lost her connection with the native reader; and in the years that followed there was little critical engagement with her work in Ireland. This lecture, which is a sort of prequel to the course on Female Voices in Contemporary Irish Literature, considers O’Brien as an example of a strong voice in Irish literature. It discusses her literary legacy in conjunction with the works of some of the best contemporary Irish female writers, exploring the preoccupations as well as the controversial aspects of both. The question ‘What are the boundaries that today’s women writers are trying to push?’ will be among topics discussed.
Dr Jana van der Ziel Fischerova
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| Location |
UCD Access and Lifelong Learning
James Joyce Library Building |
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