ENG4516 – Northern Ireland: History, Memory and Literature

After completing this course, students will have:

• gained an overview of Northern Irish history, including the modern conflict in Northern Ireland since 1968 (the "Troubles") and the attempts which have been made to resolve it
• engaged with a range of literary sources emerging from the region (including examples of poetry, prose and drama), and practised interpreting these in relation to their immediate and/or wider contexts
• learned to identify a topic for investigation, and to analyse central cultural and/or historical questions relating to Northern Ireland

Students who are admitted to study programmes at UiO must each semester register which courses and exams they wish to sign up for in Studentweb.

This course is for students admitted to European Languages (master) and UVM5-LEP, masterspesialisering i engelsk. Students enrolled in other Master`s Degree Programmes can, on application, be admitted to the course if this is cleared by their own study programme.

If you are not already enrolled as a student at UiO, please see our information about admission requirements and procedures.

Seminars, 2 hours per week for 10 weeks. 20 hours in all.

Obligatory activities:

• A proposal for your individual essay topic turned in by a stated deadline. Read more here about rules concerning valid excuses and how to apply for postponements.
• It is obligatory to show up for a minimum of 60% of the teaching. In this course you have to attend 6 of 10 seminars. The requirement is absolute.

The allowed absence limit will cover all absences, including illness. You will not be granted valid absences with documentation, even when the absence is due to something beyond your control.

If the course has in-person teaching, and you are signed up for an in-person seminar group, you are to attend the teaching in the location found in the schedule.

If the course has digital teaching, and you are signed up for a digital seminar group, you must attend via Zoom with your camera on.

In certain circumstances, i.e. serious or chronic illness, you could apply for special needs accomodations.

You have the opportunity of turning in a first draft of your term paper during the semester. You will be offered draft supervision.

Both the obligatory activities must be approved in the same semester for you to sit the exam. Fulfilled course requirements are only valid the semester you attend the course.

Grades are awarded on a scale from A to F, where A is the best grade and F is a fail. Read more about the grading system.

Marks will be published on Studentweb no later than three weeks after the exam.

A term paper or equivalent that is passed may not be resubmitted in revised form.

If you withdraw from the exam after the deadline, this will be counted as an examination attempt.