LIT 3043 Spring 2018 Bourus

In this course, we will trace the remarkable contributions made by Irish playwrights to the theatre and to Western dramatic literature. Since the early twentieth century, Ireland's drama has earned worldwide acclaim for its emotional texture, its political incisiveness and its stylistic variety, and yet it remains distinctly Irish. The plays we study will help us to define and better understand this explosion of creativity in post-colonial Ireland.