F25-32 - The Origins of Modern Irish Drama
Zoom | Registration opens 9/2/2025 9:00 AM
We will examine the origins of modern Irish Drama with two or more plays each of its inventors, Lady Augusta Gregory, William Butler Yeats, and John Millington Synge. Irish Drama is deeply rooted in the fertile soil and traditional legends of Ireland while it expresses universal human issues and concerns. Both the heroes of old and the common people populate the dramatic landscapes of these plays. In addition, William Butler Yeats
blended Irish themes with the traditional dramaturgy of Japanese Noh Drama. In the process of our reading, we will have an opportunity to appreciate the magic and poetry for which Irish Drama was and is so famous.
Joel Feimer PhD
Joel N. Feimer PhD taught undergraduate and graduate level English Literature and Composition at Mercy College in New York from 1967 to 2010. He earned a PhD in Comparative Literature from the City University of New York in 1983. He has published several essays on topics in Medieval and Modern Literature and co-edited a text for composition with his former colleague at Mercy College, Howard Canaan. He began teaching for ILR in the spring of 2015 and currently serves as President on its Board of Governors