Irish Women Writers
Spring 2020
Post-Spring Break Content
(In Response to Covid-19)
Overview: Online Instruction
Post-Spring Break 2020
On Monday, March 16, 2020 — the first day of Spring Break — the University System of Georgia mandated that post-Spring Break instruction at Georgia Southern University must migrate fully online: a large-scale response to the Covid-19 pandemic. Most content for Dr. Keeley’s Irish Women Writers course (indeed, all content with the exception of the final exam ) will appear on this single webpage: irishgeorgia.com/iww. The final exam will appear on the course’s Folio page.
As Spring Break was extended for two weeks — from Monday, March 16, 2020, until Friday, March 27, 2020 — the online instructional period for this course runs from Tuesday, March 31, 2020, until Thursday, April 30, 2020. The final exam will occur on Tuesday, May 5, 2020.
Given that the public-health situation is dynamic — and given that we must (and absolutely want to) prioritize your safety — we reserve the right to change the content of this website, although we will strive to make as few alterations as possible. Thank you for your flexibility and understanding. As we advance in uncertain times, please look out for others — and wash your hands thoroughly and often!
While you already possess a copy of the original syllabus for the course, you may also view that artifact by clicking here.
Study Schedule
Between Tu., Mar. 31, 2020, and Th., Apr. 30, we have ten scheduled class meetings, each of which is being transferred from a live-classroom scenario to the online space. During the final, post-Spring Break phase of Spring Semester 2020, Irish Women Writers will focus on three texts, each of which you have had in hand since the start of the semester in January. In reading order, those texts are: (1) Anne Enright’s 2015 novel, The Green Road; (2) selected lyrics from Sarah Leech’s 1828 collection, Poems on Various Subjects; and (3) Dr. Edith Somerville and Martin Ross’s 1894 novel — generally deemed their masterpiece — The Real Charlotte. (Martin Ross was the pen name adopted by Violet Martin; she and Somerville were cousins.)
Tuesday, March 31, 2020, through Thursday, April 9, 2020:
The Green Road (2015),
a Novel by Anne Enright (b. 1962)
Tu., Mar. 31, 2020
Anne Enright’s novel, The Green Road ¶ Unit 1 of 4 ¶ Read “red” pages 4 through 84, ending with the phrase, “… all her news had gone stale.”
YOUR LECTURE APPEARS IMMEDIATELY BELOW ¶ For the final exam, material highlighted in the lecture will form the basis of testing about this portion of the text
Online Instruction: Click for PDF containing LECTURE 1.4 about Enright’s The Green Road
Th., Apr. 2, 2020
Anne Enright’s novel, The Green Road ¶ Unit 2 of 4 ¶ Read “red” pages 84 through 169, ending with the phrase, “… have decided to sell the house.’”
YOUR LECTURE APPEARS IMMEDIATELY BELOW ¶ For the final exam, material highlighted in the lecture will form the basis of testing about this portion of the text
Online Instruction: Click for PDF containing LECTURE 2.4 about Enright’s The Green Road
Tu., Apr. 7, 2020
Anne Enright’s novel, The Green Road ¶ Unit 3 of 4 ¶ Read “red” pages 171 through 237, ending with the phrase, “… and Dessie (the fool, thought Constance) said, ‘Well.’”
YOUR LECTURE APPEARS IMMEDIATELY BELOW ¶ For the final exam, material highlighted in the lecture will form the basis of testing about this portion of the text
Online Instruction: Click for PDF containing LECTURE 3.4 about Enright’s The Green Road
Th., Apr. 9, 2020
Anne Enright’s novel, The Green Road ¶ Unit 4 of 4 ¶ Read “red” pages 238 through 312, ending with the phrase, “should have paid more attention to things.”
YOUR LECTURE APPEARS IMMEDIATELY BELOW ¶ For the final exam, material highlighted in the lecture will form the basis of testing about this portion of the text
Online Instruction: Click for PDF containing LECTURE 4.4 (our final lecture) about Enright’s The Green Road
Tuesday, April 14, 2020
Selected Lyrics by Sarah Leech (1809-1830),
an Ulster Weaver Poet
Tu., Apr. 14, 2020
Selected lyrics by Sarah Leech, an Ulster weaver poet
YOUR LECTURE APPEARS IMMEDIATELY BELOW ¶ For the final exam, material highlighted in the lecture will form the basis of testing about this topic
Online Instruction: Click for PDF containing our SINGLE LECTURE about Leech’s Work and Life, Plus Ulster-Scots as an Identity and Language
First of Two Deadlines for Submission of Researched Term Paper (4/15/2020)
We., Apr. 15, 2020
11:50 pm Eastern: Deadline for Receipt of Researched Term Paper, IF YOU WANT TO RECEIVE A FULLY MARKED-UP VERSION RETURNED TO YOU BEFORE THE SEMESTER ENDS ¶ Paper Should Be Emailed as a Microsoft Word Attachment to keeleypaper@gmail.com ¶ Subject Line Should Be: IWW-Spring2020-TermPaper ¶ See Syllabus for Details about Length, Formatting, and More ¶ If You’re OK with Accepting Your Term-Paper Grade Absent Detailed Mark-Ups, You Can Delay Submission of the Work until as Late as 11:50 pm Eastern on Fr., May 1, 2020 ¶ No Penalty of Any Kind Applies to Papers Received after We., Apr. 15, 2020, so Long as They’re “In” by the Last and Final Deadline of 11:50 pm Eastern on Fr., May 1, 2020
Thursday, April 16, 2020, through Thursday, April 30, 2020
The Real Charlotte (1894),
a Novel by Edith Somerville (1858-1949) and Her Cousin
Martin Ross (1862-1915; Pen Name of Violet Martin)
Th., Apr. 16, 2020
Edith Somerville and Martin Ross’s novel, The Real Charlotte ¶ Unit 1 of 5 ¶ Read “red” pages 4 through 75, ending with the phrase (conclusion of Chapter 10), “… subject for meditation.”
YOUR LECTURE APPEARS IMMEDIATELY BELOW ¶ For the final exam, material highlighted in the lecture will form the basis of testing about this portion of the text
Online Instruction: Click for PDF containing LECTURE 1.5 about Somerville and Ross’s The Real Charlotte
Tu., Apr. 21, 2020
Edith Somerville and Martin Ross’s novel, The Real Charlotte ¶ Unit 2 of 5 ¶ Read “red” pages 75 through 157, ending with the phrase (conclusion of Chapter 20), “… a renewal of the argument.”
YOUR LECTURE APPEARS IMMEDIATELY BELOW ¶ For the final exam, material highlighted in the lecture will form the basis of testing about this portion of the text
Online Instruction: Click for PDF containing LECTURE 2.5 about Somerville and Ross’s The Real Charlotte
Th., Apr. 23, 2020
Edith Somerville and Martin Ross’s novel, The Real Charlotte ¶ Unit 3 of 5 ¶ Read “red” pages 157 through 235, ending with the phrase (conclusion of Chapter 32), “… the vulgarities of life.”
YOUR LECTURE APPEARS IMMEDIATELY BELOW ¶ For the final exam, material highlighted in the lecture will form the basis of testing about this portion of the text
Online Instruction: Click for PDF containing LECTURE 3.5 about Somerville and Ross’s The Real Charlotte
Tu., Apr. 28, 2020
Edith Somerville and Martin Ross’s novel, The Real Charlotte ¶ Unit 4 of 5 ¶ Read “red” pages 235 through 312, ending with the phrase (conclusion of Chapter 40), “… they want me back at once.”
YOUR LECTURE APPEARS IMMEDIATELY BELOW ¶ For the final exam, material highlighted in the lecture will form the basis of testing about this portion of the text
Online Instruction: Click for PDF containing LECTURE 4.5 about Somerville and Ross’s The Real Charlotte
Th., Apr. 30, 2020
Edith Somerville and Martin Ross’s novel, The Real Charlotte ¶ Unit 5 of 5 ¶ Read “red” pages 312 through 387, ending with the phrase (conclusion of Chapter 51), “… and hid her face in her cloak.”
YOUR LECTURE APPEARS IMMEDIATELY BELOW ¶ For the final exam, material highlighted in the lecture will form the basis of testing about this portion of the text
Online Instruction: Click for PDF containing LECTURE 5.5 about Somerville and Ross’s The Real Charlotte
Second (i.e. Last) of Two Deadlines for Submission of Researched Term Paper (5/1/2020)
Fr., May 1, 2020
11:50 pm Eastern: Deadline for Receipt of Researched Term Paper, IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO RECEIVE A FULLY MARKED-UP VERSION RETURNED TO YOU — i.e. You Are Prepared to Accept the Instructor’s Grade for the Paper (Presented as a Percentage) without the Benefit of Detailed Mark-Ups ¶ Paper Should Be Emailed as a Microsoft Word Attachment to keeleypaper@gmail.com ¶ Subject Line Should Be: IWW-Spring2020-TermPaper ¶ See Syllabus for Details about Length, Formatting, and More ¶ Any Paper Received after the Deadline will Receive a Grade of Zero
Final Exam for Course (5/5/2020)
Tu., May 5, 2020 (and Beyond)
Final exam, covering all material studied since Th., Mar. 31, 2020 ¶ The exam will be available on our course Folio page from 12:00 noon Eastern on Tu., May 5, 2020, until 12:00 Noon Eastern on Fr., May 8, 2020 ¶ Once you start the exam, you will have at least 120 minutes to complete it; please note, however, that it will time out after your completion period reaches its outer limit