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Armstrong Atlantic State University
Irish Links
Study Abroad in Ireland:
Economics & Literature
24 May - 9 June 2006


COURSE WEB SITES FOR
ENGLISH MAJORS:

ENGL 4700 Advanced Composition
All course work is due by the evening of July 26.

ENGL 4900 Independent Study Pages
All course work is due by the evening of July 26.

ENGL 5550 Contemporary Literature
All course work is due by the evening of July 26.
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DUBLIN PODCASTS
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RECOMMENDED
BACKGROUND READINGS:

POETRY READING LIST

DRAMA READING LIST
Riders to the Sea

ESSAY READING LIST
"A Modest Proposal" (Swift)
"De Profundis" (Wilde)
"W.B. Yeats" (Orwell)

TENTATIVE SHORT FICTION
READING LIST



Spend a fortnight in Ireland:
follow Joyce in Dublin, Yeats in Sligo,
Lady Augusta Gregory in Galway and Gort;
track the path of the Celtic Tiger,
hear the pipes and the fiddles
of the céilí bands;
cross from Eire to Ulster
through sob-stuff, laughter, and swagger.
Explore a world both ancient and new--
and earn up to six hours of college credit.

Welcome to Irish Links--
a site designed to prepare you for
a journey to a place where,
in the words of Charles Haughey,
"strange tales begin
and happy endings are possible."

                         

Look Around Ireland: The Picture Guide to Ireland with Virtual Tours of
Ireland's scenery, Ireland's castles, the Aran Islands, and much more.
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1 Disheartened by its tribalism and customs, Louis MacNeice, the Northern Irish poet, cast a cold eye on his native land:
"I hate your grandiose airs,/Your sob-stuff, your laugh and your swagger,/Your assumption that everyone cares/Who is the king of your castle./Castles are out of date,/The tide flows around the children's sandy fancy;/Put up what flag you like, it is too late/To save your soul with bunting."
Louis MacNeice (1907-1963), Autumn Journal