Seamus Heaney's poetry (conclusion). Eavan Boland's essays and poems.

14 Novembro 2019, 14:00 • Maria Teresa Correia Casal

1. Seamus Heaney's late poems (conclusion).

Seamus Heaney: Poems.

12 Novembro 2019, 14:00 • Maria Teresa Correia Casal

Students' presentation on Heaney's work and selected poems.

Post-independence Ireland: state, church and gender.

7 Novembro 2019, 14:00 • Maria Teresa Correia Casal

1. Post-independence Ireland: political independence, economic dependence, 1037 Constitution, and the role of the Catholic Church in the new Irish state.

2. State, church and gender: Peter Mullan, director, The Magdalen Sisters, 2002: students' presentation and screening of clips from the film.

First written test.

5 Novembro 2019, 14:00 • Maria Teresa Correia Casal

First written test.

Taking stock: preparing for the test.

31 Outubro 2019, 14:00 • Maria Teresa Correia Casal

Taking stock: from outsiders' views of Ireland to Anglo-Irish relations, the plight for autonomy / independence and Yeats's and Joyce's respective work and engagement with Ireland's history; From the ideals of Irish cultural nationalism before independence (D. Hyde) to a critique of its enforcement after independence (H. Hamilton).