In the July evaluation students will present one essay on the texts studied (50%) and sit an examination (50%). In the June evaluation, students who do not attend either of the two exams during the course will be given the grade of "non presentado" if they have not done at least 50% of the assessment work during the course.
IMPORTANT: Part-time and students with special dispensation must contat the teacher at the beginning of the course in order to plan each individual situation and the changes needed to compensate the percentages of the grade arising from seminar work and participation, reading and supervised projects.
Those essays or works which are not totally original, i.e. affected by plagiarism, will receive 0.0 points, according to UDC regulations.

Students who have been granted exemption, as specified in the university regulations, will be assessed according to the criteria applied in the July opportunity.

Students sitting the December exam (final exam brought forward) will be assessed according to the criteria specified for the July opportunity.

Students are encouraged to use recycled materials whenever possible.

Full-time students and part-time students can be examined according to the criteria for the July opportunity in either of the two opportunities.

Learning outcomes	Study programme competences
General knowledge of the literary history of Ireland. General Knowledge of the main literary movements. General knowledge of the influence between England and Ireland, and vice versa. Know the main authors. Know the most important works. Know and understand the main characteristics of Irish literature. Analysis of different texts and authors. Reviews and studies of works and authors: a study of technical analysis. To develop tools for literary analysis. To develop and know how to use techniques of reading and textual interpretation. Analyse connections between texts, comparing features and qualities, characters and settings; Analyse the impact of style, language, structure and form; Relate texts to their social and historical contexts.	A1 A2 A6 A10 A11 A16 A17	B1 B3 B5 B6 B8
To develop reading habits. To develop critical reading. Encourage interest and enthusiasm for literature. Understand the importance of an author in a specific context and period. Be able to develop teamwork, collaboration and research. Be able to work with new technologies. Emphasize the importance of attending tutorials with the teacher.	A1 A2 A6 A7 A9 A16	B1 B2 B3 B4 B6 B7 B10	C2

Topic	Sub-topic
Introduction:	History and culture of Ireland: a general overview Early Irish Medieval Poetry. Ireland, myth and identity.
1.-The 19th century. The Great Famine.	The Famine Poems. (Source: The Hungry Voice)
2.-Early 20th Century. Irish Literary Revival. The Easter Rising. The Declaration of Independence. The Civil War.	2.1 The Irish Literary Revival. Text: The Aran Islands and Connemara (Synge) (Excerpts) 2.2. Yeats. Text. Mythologies (excerpts) 2.3 Drama as the foundation of Irish identity. The Irish National Theatre. Lady Gregory and Yeats The Abbey Theatre John Millington Synge (Text: The Playboy of the Western World) Full text. / 'Riders to the Sea' (excerpts) Sean O’Casey: 'Juno and the Paycock' (Full text) 2.4. James Joyce. (Text: A Portrait of the Artist as a Young man. Excerpts). 'Ulysses' 2.5. Poetry. Patrick Kavanagh. Austin Clarke.
3.-The Second Half of the 20th Century and The 21st Century	3.1. Drama: Brian Friel (Text. 'Dancing at Lughnasa') (Excerpts) John B. Keane (excerpts) Martin MacDonough (excerpts) 3.2 Poetry: John Montague, Thomas Kinsella, Murphy, Paul Durcan Eavan Boland, Bernard O’Donoghue, Paddy Bushe, Lorna Shaughnessy, Medbh McGuckian, Paul Muldoon, Martin Higgins, Pearse Hutchinson, Paula Meehan, Mary O’Donnell, Leanne O’Sullivan 3.3. Seamus Heaney and his relevance in Irish literature 3.4. Novels and short stories: (students will choose one of the following authors) Frank O’Connor Flann O’Brian MacGahern Roddy Doyle Colm Tóibín John Banville Joseph O'Connor Eimear McBride Mike McCormack

Methodologies / tests	Competencies	Ordinary class hours	Student’s personal work hours	Total hours
Directed discussion	A1 A2 A6 A7 A10 A11 A16 A17 B4 B5 B6 B7 C2	12	18	30
Supervised projects	A2 A6 A7 A9 A11 A16 B1 B2 B10	0	12	12
Workbook	A2 A6 A7 A10 A11 A16 A17 B3 B7	0	40	40
Objective test	A1 A6 A7 A11 A16 A17 B1 B4 C2	4	5.5	9.5
Seminar	A1 A2 A6 A10 A11 A16 B1 B4 B5 B7 B8 C2	20	0	20

Personalized attention		1	0	1

(*)The information in the planning table is for guidance only and does not take into account the heterogeneity of the students.

Methodologies	Description
Directed discussion	Debate in the classroom based on pre-reading texts. Paticipation will be taken into account.
Supervised projects	Essays and written work (individual) related to readings and Irish literature in general.
Workbook	Work on novels, poems, articles and plays supplied.
Objective test	The students will be asked to sit two tests (one mid-course, the other on the official date of the final examination) in which students must show their command of the contents and skills from lectures, seminars and small groups. A minimum mark of 4/10 is mandatory from each of these in order to be added to the overall mark for the other activities.
Seminar	In-depth discussion on topics. Small groups to allow greater individual participation and reading experience exchange. Seminar will include workshops and plenty of oral and written activities.

Methodologies	Competencies	Description	Qualification
Seminar	A1 A2 A6 A10 A11 A16 B1 B4 B5 B7 B8 C2	Work carried out in seminars, attendance and participation.	20
Supervised projects	A2 A6 A7 A9 A11 A16 B1 B2 B10	Two essays of about 5 pages each based on different aspects of the course, including compulsory readings and seminar work. Alternative tasks can be proposed. All essays will be written in the classroom.	30
Objective test	A1 A6 A7 A11 A16 A17 B1 B4 C2	The students will be asked to sit two tests (one mid-course, the other on the official date of the final examination) in which students must show their command of the contents and skills from lectures, seminars and small groups. A minimum mark of 4/10 is mandatory from each of these in order to be added to the overall mark for the other activities.	50

Assessment comments
In the July evaluation students will present one essay on the texts studied (50%) and sit an examination (50%). In the June evaluation, students who do not attend either of the two exams during the course will be given the grade of "non presentado" if they have not done at least 50% of the assessment work during the course. IMPORTANT: Part-time and students with special dispensation must contat the teacher at the beginning of the course in order to plan each individual situation and the changes needed to compensate the percentages of the grade arising from seminar work and participation, reading and supervised projects. Those essays or works which are not totally original, i.e. affected by plagiarism, will receive 0.0 points, according to UDC regulations. Students who have been granted exemption, as specified in the university regulations, will be assessed according to the criteria applied in the July opportunity. Students sitting the December exam* (final exam brought forward) will be assessed according to the criteria specified for the July opportunity.* Students are encouraged to use recycled materials whenever possible. Full-time students and part-time students can be examined according to the criteria for the July opportunity in either of the two opportunities.

Basic	McGahern, John (2006). Amongst Women. London: Faber and Faber Keane, John B. (1969). Big Maggie. L: The Mercier Press Tóibín, Colm (2000). Blackwater lightship. London: Picador Friel, Brian (1998). Brian Friel's Plays Dancing at Lughnasa. London: Faber and Faber Hutchinson, Pearse (1985). Complete Poems. Dublin: The Gallery Press Heaney, Seamus (2000). Death of Naturalist. London: Faber and Faber O'Casey Sean (2016). Juno and the Paycock. London: Faber and Faber Yeats, William Butler (1999). Mythologies. London: Penguin Synge, John Millington (1999). Riders to the Sea. London O'Donoghue, Bernard (2008). Selected Poems. London: Faber and Faber McDonagh, Martin (1998). The Beauty Queen of Leenane and other plays. London: Vintage Deane, Seamus (1991). The Field Day Anthology of Irish Writing. London: Faber and Faber Kinsella, Thomas, ed (1992-2000). The New Oxford Book of Irish Verse. London: Oxford UP Synge, John Millington (2009). The Playboy of the Western World. London: Thames and Hudson Bushe, Paddy (2008). To Ring in Silence. Dublin: Dedalus Press Joyce, James (2000). Ulises. Catedra: Letras Universales
	*Hand, Derek. A History of the Irish Novel. Cambridge: CUP, 2011.* *Ingman, Heather. A History of the Irish Short Story. Cambridge: CUP, 2009.* Pelaschiar, Laura. *Writing* the North. The Contemporary Novel in Northern Ireland. Trieste: Edizione Parnaso, 1998. *Praga Terente, Inés, ed. La novela irlandesa del Siglo XX. Barcelona: PPU, 2005.* *Villacañas, Beatriz. Literatura irlandesa. Madrid: Síntesis, 2007.* *Watson, G. J. Irish* Identity and the Literary Revival. Synge, Yeats, Joyce and O’Casey. Washington D.C.:  The Catholic University of America Press, 1994.** ......... ADDITIONAL Bartlett, Thomas, Chris Curtin, Riana O'Dwyer and Gearóid Ó Tuathaigh, eds . Irish Studies: A General Introduction . Dublin: Gill and Macmillan, 1988. Dawe, Gerald and Jonathan Williams, eds . Krino 1986-1996: An Anthology of Irish Writing . Dublin: Gill & Macmillan, 1996. Deane, Seamus, ed. The Field Day Anthology of Irish Writing . 5 vols Derry: Field Day Publications, 1991. Deane, Seamus. A Short History of Irish Literature. London: Hutchinson, 1986. Dunne, Seán, ed. An Introduction to Irish Poetry . Cork: Bookmark, Ossian Publications Ltd., 1991. Gonzalez, Alexander, G., ed. Modern Irish Writers: A Bio-Critical Sourcebook . London: Aldwych Press, 1997. Hogan, Robert, ed. Dictionary of Irish Literature . London: Aldwych Press, 1996. Hurtley, J.A., B. Hughes, R.M. González Casademont, I. Praga y E. Aliaga . Diccionario cultural e histórico de Irlanda . Madrid: Ariel, 1996. Hyde, Douglas. A Literary History of Ireland from Earliest Times to the Present Day. London, 1899. Kennelly, Brendan, ed. The Penguin Book of Irish Verse . London: Penguin Books, 1981. Kinsella, Thomas, ed. The New Oxford Book of Irish Verse . Oxford and New York: Oxford UP, 1992. Pierce, David, ed. Irish Writing in the Twentieth Century: A Reader . Cork: Cork UP, 2000. Kenneally, Michael, ed. Irish Literature and Culture. Gerrards Cross: Colin Smythe, 1992. MacCarthy, Ann. A Search for Literary Identity in Irish Literature. Alicante: Departamento de Filología Inglesa, Universidad de Alicante, 1997. >McHugh, Roger, and Maurice Harmon. A Short History of Anglo-Irish Literature. Dublin: Wolfhound Press, 1982. Welch, Robert, ed. The Oxford Companion to Irish Literature. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1996.
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