Students Interested in Irish literature!

Want to earn a Concentration in Irish Literature Certificate?

English majors may pursue a Concentration in Irish Literature by taking 4 courses (12 credits) focusing or occasionally focusing on Irish Literature or Language* such as:

English 3120 Modern Irish Literature

English 3122 Contemporary Irish Literature

English 3509 Studies in Individual (Irish) Writers **

English 3627 Studies in (Irish) Literature

English 4600W Seminars in (Irish) Literature

English Advanced (Irish Literature) Study: 4203W, 4301W, 4302W, 4401W, 4405W, 4407W

History 3430 History of Ireland

*subject to Director=s approval 

**Irish writers featured have included Yeats, Flann O=Brien, Joyce, Heaney, and Wilde.

Fulfilling this concentration does not necessarily require taking extra English courses beyond the number required for the standard English major.

For further information about the concentration in Irish Literature contact Rose Kovarovics in the Undergraduate Advisory Office, CLAS 209 or see:

Prof.  Mary Burke (Storrs Campus)

Prof.  Rachael Lynch (Waterbury Campus)

Prof.  Thomas Shea (Hartford Campus)

Prof.  Stephen Jones (Avery Point Campus)

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Updated 4/2008