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Erin go Bragh and The Troubles (EXAM)
Formål:
-Studere historiske, kulturelle og samfundsmæssige forhold i andre regioner af den engelsktalende verden.
-Opnå viden om ’Irish Gaelic’ og ’Irish English’ samt tilegnelse af gloser relevante for forløbet.
-Opnå viden om ’The Great Famine’ (1845-1852) og forholdet til England samt viden om ’The Troubles’.
-Anvende færdigheder inden for analyse og fortolkning (fx af noveller, film).
-Gruppearbejde og oplæg om ’Northern Ireland and The Troubles’.
- Studietur til Dublin inkl. en ekskursion til Belfast med fokus på irsk kultur
(Irish comedy at Comedy Crunch, The Irish National Gallery, Irish Folk Dance Experience, Tour around Belfast and the Troubles with a guide).
Materiale:
General introduction
1) Quiz: "How much do you know about Ireland?"
2) Irish folk ballad: James Yorkston of Edinburgh, “Molly Malone” (ca. 1883)
3) Video: Audible, “History Summarized – Ireland”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCCUEt8S61k (12 min.)
4) The Languages of Ireland: Gaelic Irish and Irish English (different tasks + YouTube
clips)
5) Background text: “The Folk Music of Ireland"
6) Irish folk ballad: The Irish Rovers, “Whiskey in the Jar” (originally from 1728)
Poverty and The Great Irish Famine
7) Essay: Jonathan Swift, “A Modest Proposal” (1729), from Fields of Vision, Vol. I -
excerpt
8) Animation: Simple History, “The Irish Potato Famine (1845–1852)"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8Rbj7H0eX4 (5 min.)
9) TV-series: Daisy Goodwin, “Victoria: Faith, Hope & Charity” (S2, Ep6) (2017)
10) Blog post: Robert Nielsen, “Was the Irish Famine Genocide?” (2013)
https://whistlinginthewind.org/2013/03/05/was-the-irish-famine-genocide/
The Troubles in Northern Ireland (then and now)
11) Documentary: "Northern Ireland's Troubled Estates"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ArwfZrxr5SY (28:22 min)
12) Background text: “Historical and Political Background on Northern Ireland”
From Alsing-Børgesen (et al), The Lift, Gyldendal (1993).
13) Research paper: Robert Coles, “Ulster’s Children: Waiting for the Prince of Peace”
(1980) - excerpt
14) Short story: Bernard MacLaverty, “Father and Son” (1978)
15) TV-series: Lisa McGee, “Derry Girls” (2018) S1, E 1+E5 / S2, E1
16) Film: Rich Peppiatt, “Kneecap” (2024)
Written assignment (analytical essay)
17) Short story: Arhondia, "Tom Corridan" (2018) - known to 2d as "Are You Okay?"
Oral presentations on cases about 'The Troubles': 2 groups at a time
- The Omagh Bombing (Karl, Leander, Kathrine, Bella)
- The 1981 Irish Hunger Strike (Noah Dahl, Sofie C, Anna, Lærke)
- Bloody Sunday in Derry (Elias, Natalie, Cecilie, Laura A)
- The Warrenpoint Ambush (Noah E, Nathasja, Laura M, Karoline)
- The Springhill Massacre (Asbjørn, Alexander, Astrid, Sofie B)
- The Dublin and Monaghan bombings (Manya, Stephani, Silja, Sigrid, Ella)
Assignments in connection with the student trip:
1) Write a ballad based on a piece of artwork from "The Irish National Gallery"
2) Produce a video about Dublin "on set" (group work)
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