Learning Outcomes:

Eolas ar théamaí a bhí coitianta i bhfilíocht na Gaeilge ón ochtú céad déag. Tuiscint ar dhá genre thábhachtacha sa tréimhse úd, i.e. ar an agallamh fileata agus ar an dearbhú. Tuiscint ar cad ba bhunús leis an nguth áititheach baineann atá go láidir sna dánta féin. Eolas ar chleachtaí sóisialta an chultúir choitinn san ochtú céad déag in Éirinn. Léargas a fháil ar phróiséas na ceapadóireachta fileata féin.

Student Effort Type	Hours
Lectures	22
Specified Learning Activities	8
Autonomous Student Learning	200
Total	230

Learning Requirements:

Ardchaighdeán Gaeilge idir léamh agus scríobh; bunchéim dara onóracha grád 1 (ar a laghad) sa Ghaeilge nó a comhionann.

Not applicable to this module.
 

Assessment Strategy  

Description	Timing		Component Scale		% of Final Grade
Seminar: Cur i láthair a dhéanamh ó bhéal agus ceisteanna a phlé ina dhiaidh.	Varies over the Trimester	n/a	Alternative linear conversion grade scale 40%	No	50
Essay: Móraiste: 3,000 focal ar a laghad	Unspecified	n/a	Alternative linear conversion grade scale 40%	No	50

 

Resit In	Terminal Exam
Spring	No

• Group/class feedback, post-assessment

Students will receive a general overall class based feedback via email or in class. Students can then meet individually with the module coordinator to receive individual feedback if they wish.

Téacsleabhar:
Liam P. Ó Murchú (eag.), Cúirt an Mheon-Oíche le Brian Merríman (1982).

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—, 2013b: ‘Dán atá luaite le hEoghan Rua Ó Súilleabháin’, in Seán Ó Coileáin, Liam P. Ó Murchú, Pádraigín Riggs (eag.), Séimhfhear Suairc: aistí in ómós don Ollamh Breandán Ó Conchúir. 312–29. An Daingean.
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Autumn
Lecture	Offering 1	Week(s) - Autumn: All Weeks	Wed 16:00 - 17:50