Media and Culture in Ireland

  Ireland

• Dublin: 
Dublin

Term: Summer 
Dates: Inquire for more information.

Description: Students will become sophisticated in issues of international culture via an immersion in Irish politics, history, literature, and media. Ireland's role in the European economic community has attracted wide interest from those interested in the mechanics of social change. Ireland's literature has long been preeminent in Europe and America. The Irish film industry stands as a model for understanding media's role in those developments, and students will be introduced to leading scholars and practitioners in these area.

Highlights: Ireland is famous for its contributions to world literature. Two great mythological cycles in Gaelic--the Ulster (Red Branch) and the Fenian (Ossianic)--tell the stories of such legendary heroes as Cú Chulainn (Cuchulain), Madb (Maeve), Finn mac Cumhail (Finn MacCool), and Deirdre. After a long and bitter colonization by England, Ireland gave the world some of the greatest writers in the English language, including Samuel Beckett, James Joyce, and George Bernard Shaw. Associated with the struggle for independence in this century is the Irish literary revival, which produced the works of William Butler Yeats and Sean O'Casey. James Joyce was a formative influence on the modernist movement in 20th-century European literature.

Interest in the theater is strong in Ireland. The famed Abbey Theatre and the Gate Theatre, both in Dublin, receive government grants. The Arts Council, a body appointed by the prime minister, gives grants to arts organizations and publishers; the Gael-Linn promotes the Irish language and culture. Participants attend a number of plays as part of the course each summer.

Cost in US$: USD 4,895

Experience Required: no

This Program is open to American Participants.

Participants Travel to Ireland Independently

Typically Participants Work Independently

Application Process Involves:

• Other
• Transcript
• Written Application

Year Founded: 1969