Please the following poems by Irish authors: Seamus Heaney, “Digging” Seamus Heaney, “Punishment” (feel free to read the “contextual note” as well) Eavan Boland, “The Achill Woman” Eavan Boland, “A Woman Without a Country” Eavan Boland, “Mother Ireland” Eavan Boland, “In Which the Ancient History I Learn is Not My Own” Please write a blog Read more about For Monday, Feb. 15[…]
We look at a piece of writing about Ireland from a different perspective. Please do the following for Wednesday’s class: Read “Memoir” in the Bedford Book of Genres pg. 57-60 Read the pdf of selections from Edna O’Brien’s Mother Ireland on Course Reserves. You’ll have to login to your Emory account and select our class. Mother Read more about For Wednesday, Feb. 3[…]
We’re beginning our literary studies! We will be discussion Ireland’s travel literature, focusing on J.M. Synge’s The Aran Islands. Please do the following: Email me your website (domain name/link) Read Bedford Book of Genres “Narrative Genres” pg. 39-47 Read this very short article about contemporary influence of Synge’s work Read the Introduction and Part I from Read more about For Monday, February 1[…]
We’ll be discussing the tourism industry in Ireland. Please read and explore the following: The Gathering Ireland of the Welcomes Fáilte Ireland Lonely Planet Ireland Decade of Centenaries
Important first steps for setting up your website: Sign up and register your domain at https://emorydomains.org/ Pick a domain name Pay $12 Install WordPress via the C-Panel on Emory Domains Pick a username, login, and/or Clef Begin to customize your website by installing themes, menus, pages, etc Don’t forget you can consult the Help Page for step by step Read more about Getting started with your website[…]
Here’s hoping we can all stay warm, dry, and safe in this storm! Since we won’t be meeting today, please do the following: Read the assignment sheet for the Location Presentation Sign up for a location and a date for your presentation using this Google doc On Monday, we will be having a guest speaker Read more about “Snow” Day Makeup & Monday Homework[…]
We will studying some basic background and facts to kick off our unit on Ireland. Please read the following: The CIA World Factbook on Ireland (be sure to click through the drop-down menus like “Introduction” and “Geography”) The Bedford Book of Genres pg. 108-115 “Encyclopaedia Entries” Encyclopaedia Britannica Online entry for Ireland Although you do Read more about For Friday, January 22[…]
Your first homework assignment! Read this Washington Post article on how place is represented in media coverage of terrorism. Find a recent news article that has some interesting or significant mention of a place or places. Email me (sharsh@emory.edu) your article along with 3-5 sentences analyzing how place(s) are represented in your article. You must Read more about For Friday, January 15[…]
