CARLETON COLLEGE IRISH STUDIES IN IRELAND

Below is a link to the photos and blogs from this program in Ireland that took place this summer:

https://apps.carleton.edu/curricular/ocs/ireland/bloggallery/

PROGRAM DATES
Summer 2009

DIRECTOR
Susan Jaret McKinstry, Professor of English

Susan Jaret McKinstry teaches courses on Victorian poetry and novels, Narrative Theory, literary criticism, Jane Austen, and creative writing.  She directed the London Seminar in 1998 and 2004.

PREREQUISITES
Two courses in English literature are normally required. English 249 (Irish Literature) is strongly suggested.

LOCATION
The program will spend a week in Louisburgh, Co. Mayo on Ireland’s West Coast, a month in Dublin, and a month in Belfast.

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COURSE OF STUDY, 16 CREDITS

English 291-17: Representing Ireland
(4 credits) S/Cr/NC
Students will design an independent project using research, writing, and images to supplement the courses and display their knowledge of Irish literature and culture. Instructor:  Susan Jaret McKinstry

English 349-07:  Ireland in Place
(6 credits) 
We will explore Irish culture, history, politics, and art through a study of modern and contemporary Irish literature. In Mayo, we will read classic Irish poetry and short stories, including works by W. B. Yeats and Seamus O’Kelly; in Dublin, we will read Joyce (see below), as well as works by Dubliners Frank O’Connor, Eavan Boland, Patrick Kavanagh, and others; in Belfast, we will read contemporary Belfast writers including Seamus Heaney, Ciaran Carson, Glenn Patterson, Seamus Deane, and Brian Friel.  We will meet with writers in Belfast and Dublin, as well as attend plays, readings, and lectures.
Instructor:  Susan Jaret McKinstry

English 384-07: James Joyce's Ulysses and Dubliners
(6 credits, English Group IV)
James Joyce wanted “to write a novel about Dublin so complete that if the city one day suddenly disappeared from the earth, it could be reconstructed out of my book.”  Did he succeed?  We will study Ulysses with Professor Kiberd, an internationally renowned expert on Joyce and Irish literature, editor of the Penguin edition of Ulysses, and author of two major critical studies: Inventing Ireland and Irish Classics.
Instructors: Declan Kiberd & Susan Jaret McKinstry

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HOUSING
Students will be housed in self-catering accommodations in all locations: cottages in County Mayo, dorms at Queen's Univeristy Belfast and at Trinity College Dublin.

FACILITIES
Arrangements are being made with Trinity College Dublin and Queen's University Belfast for the use of libraries, classrooms, recreational facilities, and administrative services.

CLASS SCHEDULE
Classes will normally meet Monday through Thursday mornings. Lectures, readings, trips, and plays may be scheduled at other times.

EXCURSIONS
Group excusions are likely to include trips to Newgrange, Powerscourt, the Aran Islands, literary sites in Dublin, the Belfast murals, Giants Causeway, Derry, and the Stone Circle of Beltany. In addition, we will attend several plays at the Abbey and Gate Theatres in Dublin, the Feile an Phobail West Belfast festival, and other arts events There will be ample opportunity for individual travel and exploration within Ireland over weekends and during midterm break.

EXPENSES
Students pay the 2007-2008 Carleton comprehensive fee, which covers the costs of instruction, room, board, and all scheduled excursions. Students are responsible for the cost of books, personal expenses, transportation to and from Ireland, and personal travel during the seminar. Carleton summer term programs carry financial aid. See the Off-Campus Studies Office or website at http://go.carleton.edu/ocs for further information regarding work-study contracts, loans, and other subjects on financial aid.

REQUIRED LEAVE OF ABSENCE
The Carleton Ireland Program functions as a Carleton term of the academic year. Participants are normally required to take a leave of absence during the following winter term 2010; juniors should consult with the program director to plan their comps process.

APPLICATIONS
There will be an information meeting on Wednesday, October 22, 2008 at 4:30 in Laird 211 to answer questions about the program. Application forms are available from the Office of Off-Campus Studies, Leighton 119, or on the OCS website.

Helena Kaufman, Director of Off-Campus Studies, (x4349, hkaufman@acs.carleton.edu).

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