ENG4516 – Northern Ireland: History, Memory and Literature

Schedule, syllabus and examination date

Course content

This course will offer a cross-disciplinary exploration of aspects of the society, history and literature of Northern Ireland. The content will have a principal emphasis on the period following partition (during which the province has existed as a distinct entity), but it will also include some consideration of the region’s more extended history and of the specific importance of locations such as Belfast and Derry. Attention will be paid to the Troubles and peace process, as well as to questions of place and identity. The course will involve discussion of various forms and genres of writing, including journalism, historiography, prose fiction, poetry and drama.

Learning outcome

After completing this course, students will have:

  • gained an overview of Northern Irish history, including the modern conflict in Northern Ireland since 1968 (the "Troubles") and the attempts which have been made to resolve it
  • engaged with a range of literary sources emerging from the region (including examples of poetry, prose and drama), and practised interpreting these in relation to their immediate and/or wider contexts
  • learned to identify a topic for investigation, and to analyse central cultural and/or historical questions relating to Northern Ireland

Admission to the course

Students who are admitted to study programmes at UiO must each semester register which courses and exams they wish to sign up for in Studentweb.

This course is for students admitted to European Languages (master) and UVM5-LEP, masterspesialisering i engelsk. Students enrolled in other Master`s Degree Programmes can, on application, be admitted to the course if this is cleared by their own study programme.

If you are not already enrolled as a student at UiO, please see our information about admission requirements and procedures.

Overlapping courses