POL 599 Northern Ireland: Conflict and Culture
Follows the origins and development of the Northern Ireland conflict from the 1960s to the present and explores the cultural (especially literary) renaissance proceeding in tandem with that conflict. Through the double focus of "poetry and politics," looks at the work of such writers as Seamus Heaney, Michael Longley, Derek Mahon, and others, while taking due account of the "Troubles" in political terms - the IRA, Protestant paramilitaries, the politics of the British and Irish governments, and the emergence of a new political system for Northern Ireland in the wake of the Good Friday Agreement of 1998.
Cross Listed Courses
ENG 599, IRST 599, POL 599
Prerequisite
Junior or higher class standing