41 English with Drama BA (Hons) (NFQ Level 8)
gain a unique opportunity to study literature and theatre, and consider how they inform, challenge and complement one another.
develop skills in critical reading, reasoning and writing, and an integrated understanding and contextualisation of theory and practice, writing and performance.
Why is this course for me? Study English 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. Become a creative and dynamic critic yourself! If you are interested in drama and the theatre
arts, as well as questions of origin, transmission and interpretation of dramatic texts, then this subject combination is for you. It allows you to consider drama in all of its aspects, from writ- ing, direction and production right through to performance and its interpretation.
What will I study? In English, students will study themes, theo- ries and contexts of literature from around the world, and from Anglo-Saxon to contemporary times, choosing from 60 modules, including:
First Year Literature in Context 1 & 2 • Coming-of-Age Fiction • Literary Genre Second Year Medieval Literature • Critical Teory • Renaissance Literature • Irish Literature • American Literature Third Year Reading Ulysses • Fin de Siècle • Gothic and Gothick • Modern American Poetry • the Modernist Novel • Sex, Politics and the Irish Stage
In Drama, the focus is on the theatrical event. You will develop the tools you need to analyse dramatic texts, especially in performance, from Classical Greek plays to contemporary theatre, including the Irish dramatic tradition. Modules include:
First Year Stagecrafts • Introduction to Drama and Performance
Second Year Contemporary Ireland on Stage • Staging Performance • 20th Century Drama • Irish Teatre 1950–80
Third Year Postmodern Teatre • Performance Project • Beckett in Performance • Te Drama of Brian Friel
Career & Graduate Study Opportunities English with Drama will develop your knowl- edge of theatre and performance through aca- demic and practical work. It will also hone and enhance your research and writing skills. By developing your transferable skills (presenta- tion, performance, analysis, teamwork) you can pursue careers in: A Teatre (writers, directors, actors, designers, administrators)
A Journalism & broadcasting A Research & administration A Education A Advertising, tourism and public relations
Master’s programmes are offered in special- ised areas of literary and drama studies (www.
ucd.ie/englishanddrama/graduatestudies/). PhD options are also available.
Dr Eamonn
Jordan HEAD OF SUBJECT
My research is mainly in Contemporary Irish Teatre and performance. My most recent book is Dissident Dramaturgies: Contemporary Irish Teatre (2010) and I am currently writing a full length study on the work of play- wright and filmmaker Martin
McDonagh, best known for Te Beauty Queen of Leenane and the film In Bruges. My teach- ing interests include Modern Drama, Teatre Reviewing and Writing for Teatre.
Further information
www.ucd.ie/myucd/arts karen.jackman@ucd.ie
+353 1 716 8604/8323
facebook.com/UCDLife Undergraduate Office, UCD School of English, Drama & Film, Hannah Sheehy-Skeffington Building (Room A106), Belfield, Dublin 4
Other programmes of interest
English English with Film
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Leaving Certificate Passes in six subjects including English, Irish, A third language and three other recognised subjects, of which two must be minimum HC3.
Average CAO Points 2010 410 Minimum CAO Points 2010 355
A-Level/GCSE Entry Requirements Pages 176/177
Average Intake 40 Length of Programme 3 Years
Progression Entry Routes FETAC Entry Route — None IT Transfer Route — None
CAO Code DN512 Direct Entry
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