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The Invention of the Celt: Concepts and Perspectives
The Invention of the Celt: Concepts and Perspectives Course Overview
OVERVIEW
CEA CAPA Partner Institution: University of Galway
Location: Galway, Ireland
Primary Subject Area: Cultural Studies
Instruction in: English
Course Code: SG311
Transcript Source: Partner Institution
Course Details: Level 300
Recommended Semester Credits: 2.5
Contact Hours: 36
DESCRIPTION
This module interrogates the various concepts and perspectives that are commonly associated with the terms 'Celt' or 'Celtic' across a range of academic and non-academic studies from the early-modern period to present. We begin by attempting to define an appropriate vocabulary for these concepts and perspectives, and investigate the uses of these terms in linguistic, social, cultural, spiritual and political contexts. The strange forms the interest in the ancient Celts took in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries in literature, art, spirituality and music are explored, with emphasis on the obsession with the 'Celtic Church' and echoes of the 'Celtic past' that dominated the literature and discourse of the period. The influence of ideas about the Celts on social movements in Ireland and Europe is considered, looking at the subsequent integration of these ideas into national political agendas in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Finally, various modern-day conceptions and misconceptions about the Celts, ancient and modern, are examined.
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