DALC PhD candidate, Marie Gemrichová, is going to teach a new seminar titled “Contemporary Northern Irish Fiction: The Troubles Narratives and Beyond” (SIS code: AAAPHD005E) in the upcoming summer term (Monday 14:10, Room P034). The course is open to DALC MA students as an optional one (volitelný předmět) and designed primarily for Erasmus students.

The aim of the seminar is to introduce students to a selected range of contemporary Northern Irish fiction (focusing primarily on novels and short stories) and the “ghost” of the Troubles that, to an extent, seems to loom over these resent works. The discussion of individual texts and authors will address the specific use and representation of the conflict narrative, the diverse ways in which the theme and topics connected to it are employed, as well as distinct authorial attempts to diverge from it. The seminar will thus offer students a reflection on how much the Northern Irish conflict continues to permeate fictional texts published in the province since the signing of the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement in 1998, and how it both inspires and hinders local writers.