Study Abroad courses offered at Wroxton College in England
Study Abroad courses offered at the Irish College for the Humanities
in Ireland
Study Abroad courses offered at Wroxton College
in England
ENGL3410 - Modern Novels on the Screen
- Works by five major 20th century novelists, J. Conrad, The Heart
of Darkness, E. M. Forster, A Room with a View, D. H. Lawrence,
Women in Love, Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited, and John Fowles,
The French Lieutenant's Woman. A close critical study of the novels
goes hand in hand with an analysis of screen adaptations, including
looking at the different possibilities and limitations of the two
media. This course falls into Group IV on the major. Three hours.
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ENGL3421 - Not of an Age but for all Time
- An exploration of the ways in which plays of the 16th and 17th
centuries reach out to us today through an examination of the relationship
between text and performance. As such, the main thrust of the course
will be an appreciation of plays in performance. Particular reference
will be made to plays being presented by the Royal Shakespeare Company
at the Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon. This course, which falls
into Group II on the major, may not be substituted for ENGL 311.
Students may not receive credit for both this course and 76EN417.
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ENGL3422 - The Play's the Thing - This
course provides an exciting and stimulating opportunity for students
to explore the work of Shakespeare through an examination of the
relationship between text and performance. As such the main thrust
of the course will be an appreciation of plays in performance. The
course will focus upon plays in the Royal Shakespeare Company's
season in Stratford-upon-Avon. This course, which falls into Group
II on the major, may not be substituted for either ENGL 311 or 312.
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ENGL3424 - To Hold the Mirror Up to Nature
- The course will trace how actors, directors and designers work
on a text, with particular reference to productions staged by the
Royal Shakespeare Company. The potential for a variety of interpretations
will be explored further through analysis of film and television
productions of the play. This course falls into Group IV on the
major. Three hours. Back to top
ENGL3466 - Three 19th-Century Writers
- The Victorians enjoyed narrative. Through the study of Charlotte
Bronte's Jane Eyre and Shirley, George Elliot's Mill on the Floss
and Scenes of Clerical Life and Thomas Hardy's Tess of the d'Urbervilles
and The Major of Casterbridge, the course considers how reality
is constructed by each author, and examines such social issues as
class and gender. This course falls into Group II on the major.
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ENGL3467 - 18th Century Literature -
This course looks at novels, poetry, and shorter fiction where one
finds many kinds of satire, philosophical ideas, and sentiment,
making up a rich picture of eighteenth century life. Focuses upon
the works of Pope, Swift, DeFoe, Johnson, and Voltaire. This course
falls into Group II on the major. Three hours. Back
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Study Abroad courses offered at the Irish College
for the Humanities in Ireland
ICHEN201 - Survey of Irish Literature
- In many ways, Irish literature stands at the very center of many
developments in the history of literature written in English. From
Swift to Yeats and Shaw and from Joyce to Heaney, Ireland has produced
a wealth of great and important writers. This course examines the
contribution of Irish writers to world literature and explores both
the common legacy and the particular Irish qualities that have shaped
and formed this unique body of literature. This course counts as
an elective toward the English major or minor. Three hours. Back
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ICHEN204 - European Literature 1 - This
course examines many of Europe's masterworks in drama, poetry, prose
and fiction. It offers a comprehensive consideration of Europe's
verbal civilization from the first literary and philosophical beginnings
through the Renaissance. Three hours. Back to top
ICHEN205 - European Literature 2 - This
course examines many of Europe's masterworks in drama, poetry, prose
and fiction. It offers a comprehensive consideration of Europe's
verbal civilization from the Enlightenment to the 20th century.
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ICHEN301 - Modern Irish Literature -
Ireland is famous for its writers and particularly those in the
fields of modern poetry and drama. In drama, Shaw, Wilde, Synge,
O'Casey, O'Faolain, Friel, O'Flaherty and Beckett present a list
of unsurpassed literary quality, whilst in poetry Yeats, Kavanagh,
Mac Niece, Paulin, Ni Domhnall and Heaney are merely the cream of
a very fine crop of Irish poets. Works including John Bull's Other
Island, The Playboy of the Western World, The Shadow of a Gunman,
Krapp's Last Tape, Dancing at Lughnasa and The Informer will all
be studied, along with a selection of poetry reflecting the contemporary
concerns of the individual poets. This course counts as an elective
toward the English major or minor. Three hours. Back
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ICHEN302 - Irish Folklore and Myths -
Perhaps more than in most other cultures, myth and mythology still
occupy a major position in Irish life. Even the names of the main
political parties, Fianna Fail and Fine Gael, look back into the
mists of history with all the attendant associations they conjure
up in the minds of an electorate that still learns the legends of
Ireland as an integral part of the school curriculum. This course
investigates the historical and romantic basis of the main legends
and examines the way in which events described in the T�in B� Cuailgne,
the Legend of Fionn MacCiomhaill, C�chulainn, the Children of Lir,
Oisin, T�r na n�g and other stories still exert an influence on
Irish life today and the way in which they have been harnessed in
both a literary and historical context in order to further the political
and cultural aims of groups like the Young Irelanders, the Gaelic
League and even the Ulster Defense Association. It also relates
the mythology of Ireland to the mythology of other countries, illustrating
shared interests in different lands. This course counts as an English
elective from Group II on the major. Three hours. Back
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ICHEN303 - The Short Story in Irish Literature
- Irish literature has a rich and varied history, including outstanding
contributions to drama, poetry, the novel and essay writing. If
there is one genre, however, which is most closely associated with
Ireland since independence, it would be the art of the short story.
All the important issues in modern Ireland, from abortion and divorce
to the Northern conflict and emigration, have been covered by major
writers, and often these have come to be seen as the focal expression
of these problems. As such, writers still enjoy a prominence and
readership in Ireland which bestows upon them huge influence and
importance. This course analyzes the relationship between the developing
State and the short story and examines the internal developments
which have taken place in terms of style and form and also the responsibilities
of writers, whether actual or perceived. Authors studied will include
Joyce, Behan, O'Faolain, Friel, O'Connor, na Gopaleen, Plunkett,
McLaverty, Leonard, Lavin, O'Flaherty and Trevor. This course counts
the same as ENGL 233. Three hours. Back to top
ICHEN310 - Irish Language and Literature
- This course explores how the Irish have expressed themselves in
all forms of media from painting and sculpture to fiction, poetry,
drama, music and pottery. It looks at how a bilingual culture relates
the two polarities to the center and the influence the Irish and
English language traditions have had on each other. Visits to museums,
galleries, theatre, concerts and poetry workshops will be included
as part of the class. Interdisciplinary. This course counts as an
elective for the English major or minor. Three hours. Back
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ICHEN318 - Yeats and Joyce - Yeats and
Joyce, the epigones of modernism and post-modernism, are often considered
to be at opposite ends of the critical spectrum, where Yeats inhabits
a traditional place and Joyce stands for renewal. In this course
we will consider Ireland's two most important authors together,
as both form part of an Irish and, indeed, European tradition. Counts
on the major/minor in English and the minor in Irish studies. Three
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ICHEN320 - Fiction Writing Workshop -
This course is designed to help you liberate your imagination. In
our increasingly technological world, we are often discouraged from
using our imagination. The aim of this course is to give students
a sense of how Irish writers use the rhythms of their landscape,
the sounds of their spoken language, and the complexities of their
tumultuous history to write short stories, poetry, and novels. By
studying Irish writing in Ireland, students will be encouraged to
see, hear, and feel as Irish writers and to use this experience
in their own writing. Students will be expected to read, critique,
and write fiction. This course counts the same as ENGL 444 or ENGL
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ICHEN390 - Irish Literature - Irish literature
is one of the richest literary traditions in the world, including
a number of figures whom, it may be claimed, have shaped the course
of literary history worldwide. The list of great writers who have
their origins in Ireland is long and distinguished, and this course
examines the history of Irish literature from the time of Jonathan
Swift to the present. Drama, poetry, the novel, and the short story
will be studied, covering authors as diverse as Swift, Yeats, Synge,
Joyce, Behan, Shaw, Wilde, Beckett, Friel, Kennelly, Trevor and
Heaney. Their writings will be examined in relation to the context
in which they were produced and with regard to their influence on
later authors. A number of associated trips will be undertaken,
including visits to Dingle and Listowel, the home of many of Ireland's
great living writers. Leading Irish writers will contribute to the
course through guest lectures and workshops. This course counts
as an elective toward the English major or minor. Three hours. Back
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