Compares and contrasts ‘historical’ and ‘literary’ accounts of key people and events shaping Ireland between 1890 and 1970 in terms of current debates about representation - specifically narrative theory, the archive, revisionism, and memorialisation.
Topics include Parnell; cultural nationalism and the Irish Literary Renaissance; 1916; the Civil War; De Valera and Holy Ireland; and The Troubles.
| Paper title | Writing the Nation: Fact or Fiction |
|---|---|
| Paper code | ENGL408 |
| Subject | English |
| EFTS | 0.1667 |
| Points | 20 points |
| Teaching period | Not offered in 2022 (On campus) |
| Domestic Tuition Fees (NZD) | $1,174.57 |
| International Tuition Fees | Tuition Fees for international students are elsewhere on this website. |
- Prerequisite
- 72 points from ENGL 311-368, EURO 302
- Notes
- May not be credited together with ENGL467 passed in 2006-2008.
- Contact
- More information link
View more information on the English and Linguistics Programme website
- Teaching staff
To be advised when next offered.
- Paper Structure
- Critically examines the interplay between text, intertext, context and metatext.
- Teaching Arrangements
- Two-hour seminars, film screenings and group discussion of individual student tutorial presentations.
- Textbooks
- Required reading on reserve in the Library.
- Graduate Attributes Emphasised
- Global perspective, Interdisciplinary perspective, Scholarship, Critical thinking,
Cultural understanding, Research, Self-motivation.
View more information about Otago's graduate attributes. - Learning Outcomes
Students who successfully complete this paper will
- Enhance hermeneutical skills
- Increase awareness of the symbiotic reciprocity between "fact" and "fiction"
- Enhance understanding of the complex interplay of context, intertext, text and metatext
- Develop understanding of historiography and its politics
- Increase appreciation for the complex interrelationships between history, fiction, culture and national and personal identity
