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ENGLISH 139E: Irish-American Literature (seminar)

Taught by: Matthew Jockers

Fall Quarter, 2005-2006

TTh 1:15-3:05, Room: 20-22K

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This seminar will explore the diverse nature of Irish-American literature including works of pre-famine, famine, and post-famine immigrants. The course will consider questions of ethnic and cultural identity and include reading and discussion of mainstream writers of Irish ancestry as well as lesser-known Irish-American authors.

This course fulfills the following Major Requirements:

  • Hist. Period: Post 1900
  • Genre: Prose Fiction
  • Major's Seminar
  • Brit. Lit. 1750-1900 or Am. Lit. before 1900
  • Topic: Race and Ethnicity