The course aims to instruct students in Irish literature after the late 19th century with a cultural approach. Relevant issues such as identity, cultural revival, cultural translation, nationalism, gender, and migration will be incorporated into class discussion whenever appropriate. It is expected that, through this course, students will have a clear picture of the development and transformation of Irish culture and literature, and will, at a deeper and more subtle level, reflect on their own. The works of Yeats, James Joyce, Brian Friel, Seamus Heaney, Neil Jordan, Jan Carson and Sally Rooney are the focus of study in this semester. This is a highly interactive course; apart from lectures, students’ participation is strongly required.