1. IRISH LITERATURE _________________________ -At the beginning of the Evangelism of Ireland : Irish Gaelic literature -17th century : Gaelic language disappeared -Between 17th and 19th century : Irish literature began to be written in English But : Irish authors kept special musicality and Ireland kept oral traditions (legends, poems…) -At the beginning of the Evangelism of Ireland : Irish Gaelic literature -17th century : Gaelic language disappeared -Between 17th and 19th century : Irish literature began to be written in English But : Irish authors kept special musicality and Ireland kept oral traditions (legends, poems…)

2. POETRY ______________________________ -First : Gaelic language, folklorik art -18th century : Jonathan SWIFT – « Gulliver’s travels » in prose / Oliver GOLDSMITH – « The deserted village » & « The traveller » -20th century : Oliver Bulter YEATS (he defended poor people and wanted to create a new cultural Identity) -First : Gaelic language, folklorik art -18th century : Jonathan SWIFT – « Gulliver’s travels » in prose / Oliver GOLDSMITH – « The deserted village » & « The traveller » -20th century : Oliver Bulter YEATS (he defended poor people and wanted to create a new cultural Identity)

3. NOVELS _______________________________ -First : Irish poems in Gaelic language -18th century : Jonathan SWIFT & Oliver GOLDSMITH « The vicar of Wakefield » - 20th century : Maria EDGEWORTH / John JOYCE « Ulysses » & « Dubliners » / Bram STOCKER « Dracula » (uncommon theme : Irish peasantry) -First : Irish poems in Gaelic language -18th century : Jonathan SWIFT & Oliver GOLDSMITH « The vicar of Wakefield » - 20th century : Maria EDGEWORTH / John JOYCE « Ulysses » & « Dubliners » / Bram STOCKER « Dracula » (uncommon theme : Irish peasantry)

4. - Contemporary : Samuel BECKETT

5. THEATRE _______________________________ -Birth of theatre 1601 : William CONGREVE, Oliver GOLDSMITH, Richard Brinstey SHERIDAN -19th century : Georges Bernard SHAW « Pygmalion » / Oscar WILDE « The picture of Dorian Gray » (novel) - 20th century : W.B YEATS and Lady Gregory founded the Abbey Theatre -Birth of theatre 1601 : William CONGREVE, Oliver GOLDSMITH, Richard Brinstey SHERIDAN -19th century : Georges Bernard SHAW « Pygmalion » / Oscar WILDE « The picture of Dorian Gray » (novel) - 20th century : W.B YEATS and Lady Gregory founded the Abbey Theatre

6. NOBEL PRIZES _______________________________

7. Dublin : a city of literature _______________________________ < Dublin writers museum Marsh’s library > < Oldest library (Trinity College) Abbey Theatre >