English, BA (Hons)

Study English at UCD if you are an enthusiastic reader, talker and writer, and love literature. Strengthen your understanding of narrative, poetic and dramatic forms. Enlarge your critical vocabulary and historical awareness. Explore how the study of literature intersects with questions of gender, politics and cultural theory. Learn how to research a topic, evaluate evidence and present your ideas in a cogent, elegant fashion. Become a creative and dynamic critic yourself!

Literature in Context 1 & 2,The Theatrical Event: Case Studies in Making Theatre,Theatre Context & Conventions,Medieval Literature,Performance in Everyday Life,Critical Theory,Contemporary Ireland on Stage,Renaissance Literature,20th Century Drama,Staging Performance,Postmodern Theatre,Shakespeare from Stage to Screen,Gothic & Gothick,Beckett in Performance,Modern American Poetry,The Drama of Brian Friel,Memory and the Irish Stage,Performance Project