SoSe 23: S-Culture-Gender-Media: Gender and Nation in Irish Film
Kübra Özermis
Kommentar
2023 has been described as “the year of Irish film” with the Banshees of Inisherin and the Irish language film An Cailín Ciúin (The Quiet Girl) being recognised by an astonishing number of Academy Award nominations – the former film with nine in total. Irish actors, among them Kerry Condon, Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Barry Keoghan and Paul Mescal (for his role in Aftersun) also shined in the spotlight amidst their Academy Award nominations for their respective leading and supporting roles. The fascination with Irish films and actors seems to have reached an unseen peak. However, this is not the first time there is an increase of interest in films from Ireland or about Ireland. The 1990s and early 2000s also produced a number of films that were lauded for their insight into Irish history, society and politics. Some films reinforced the image of Ireland as a place that is eternally plagued by inner turmoil and undiscernible feuds. Others played with this trope and subverted it by satirising or complicating this narrative. In this seminar we will explore how these images about Ireland emerged in the first place and what makes these films “Irish” to begin with. We will be looking at the specific historical moments in which the interest in Ireland on screen peaked. We will be exploring how questions of nation and national identity are depicted and how these films contribute or deconstruct myths about the Irish nation and past. We will examine how gender, class and race are negotiated within these debates and especially focus on how traditional and binary perceptions of gender are subverted and/or consolidated with ideas of nationhood.
Students will be assessed in this seminar based on regular and active participation and a final term paper.
Reading material will be provided on Blackboard. Film viewings are to be done in preparation before the respective seminar sessions.
Schließen14 Termine
Zusätzliche Termine
Di, 06.06.2023 14:00 - 16:00 Di, 04.07.2023 14:00 - 16:00Regelmäßige Termine der Lehrveranstaltung