Ireland – Its Literature & Songs

This course is designed to give participants an insight into the important place of literature, music and song in Irish history and culture. You'll learn about the world famous Book of Kells, Pangur Bán, an Old Irish poem, written about the 9th century, the 'Aisling', a poetic genre that developed during the late 17th and 18th century, writers such as Jonathan Swift, James Joyce, Sean O' Casey, Roddy Doyle, Brendan Behan, Edna O' Brien, Nobel Prize winners W.B Yeats, George Bernand Shaw, Samuel Beckett, Seamus Heaney amongst others as well how our poems, plays, novels, short stories and songs are an essential window into Ireland's rich and varied history.

You will also have an opportunity to explore how our poems, plays, novels, short stories and songs are an essential window into Ireland's rich and varied history. You'll meet modern day poets such as Patrick Kavanagh, Evanan Boland, Eiléan Ní Chuilleanain and Paul Durcan, shorts stories from Brendan Behan and Frank O'Connor among others, the plays of J. M. Synge, Sean O Casey and John B. Keane as well as novelists such as Meave Binchy, Colm Tóibín, John Boyne, Sally Rooney and many more.

In addition, participants will discover the characteristics of Hiberno-English and how the English spoken in Ireland has been influenced by the Gaelic language.

Course Objectives

• To provide participants with an insight into the main works of the most famous Irish poets, playwrights, novelists, short story and song writers

• To heighten participants’ awareness of Irish history & culture through an assessment of a wide variety of Irish songs and literature
• To expand teachers’ strategies on how to motivate their learners with music, songs and literature in the classroom
• To help teachers expand their skills and flexibility in dealing with the four skills of listening, reading, writing and speaking
• To introduce participants to the most important elements of Hibero-English

The sessions will be in a workshop format, highly interactive, fun and with activities of immediate classroom. The material will be presented in a variety of innovative ways and all participants will have the opportunity to contribute their ideas and, therefore, develop a creative and supportive learning environment.

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