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IRFL20030

Academic Year 2024/2025

The Narrative Art (IRFL20030)

Subject:
Irish Folklore
College:
Arts & Humanities
School:
Irish, Celtic Stud & Folklore
Level:
2 (Intermediate)
Credits:
5
Module Coordinator:
Dr Kelly Fitzgerald
Trimester:
Autumn
Mode of Delivery:
On Campus
Internship Module:
No
How will I be graded?
Letter grades

Curricular information is subject to change.

Students will need a laptop and Wifi connection to participate fully in this module.
Tales and tellers are core to the narrative art. Within the framework of folkloristics different genres of narrative will be described, and their traits discussed. International Folktales and Legends create the corpus under examination. Irish examples of folk narrative will be analysed individually, and then will be set within the framework of folkloristic theories. Similarities and differences between oral and literary narrative will be illustrated, and the influences of folklore on the literature of Ireland will also be discussed.

About this Module

Learning Outcomes:

Students will be well acquainted with the standard reference works concerned with the cataloguing and analysis of oral narrative, and will be versed in various theoretical approaches to the subject - such as psychoanalysis, functionalism, formalism, structuralism and ethnography.

Indicative Module Content:

Lecture schedule:
(Provisional and subject to change)
Grimm Brothers

Student Effort Hours:
Student Effort Type Hours
Lectures

22
Small Group

6
Specified Learning Activities

38
Autonomous Student Learning

34
Total

100

Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
Teaching is carried out in lectures and in seminar-style participatory classes. Archival and primary sources are widely used in all modules, and students are also encouraged to make use of digital archive resources in their research and learning.

Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Not applicable to this module.
 

Assessment Strategy
Description Timing Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade In Module Component Repeat Offered
Assignment(Including Essay): 1200 word essay Week 6 Graded No
25
 No
Assignment(Including Essay): 1200 word essay Week 12 Graded No
25
 No
Exam (In-person): Exam End of trimester
Duration:
2 hr(s)
 Graded No
50
 No

Carry forward of passed components
Yes
 

Resit In Terminal Exam
Summer Yes - 2 Hour
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 

Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Group/class feedback, post-assessment
• Self-assessment activities

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Not yet recorded.

Name Role
Ms Aoiffe Kenny Lecturer / Co-Lecturer

Timetabling information is displayed only for guidance purposes, relates to the current Academic Year only and is subject to change.
Autumn Lecture Offering 1 Week(s) - Autumn: All Weeks Thurs 11:00 - 11:50
Autumn Lecture Offering 1 Week(s) - Autumn: All Weeks Tues 12:00 - 12:50
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