IRISH LIT CLASS IN CASPER: Stuart Rutten, instructor in the University of Wyoming Honors Program, will teach "Studies in Irish Literature" (ENGL 4600-51) at the UW/CC Center this spring. Offered in Casper and statewide via videoconference, Rutten will focus on Irish mythology, religious works, modern poetry, novels and "rebel" literature from the struggle between the Irish and the English. Students will read the twelfth-century cattle-rustling epic, The Cattle Raid of Cooley or Táin Bó Cúalnge. Queen Medb of Connaught gathers an army in order to gain possession of the most famous bull in Ireland, which is the property of Daire, a chieftain of Ulster. Because the men of Ulster are afflicted by a debilitating curse, the seventeen-year-old Cuchulain must defend Ulster single-handedly. Cuchulain can change shape through superhero-like warp-spasms. According to Rutten: “The class isn't directed only toward history or English majors. Anyone interested in Irish topics should take it.” Rutten personalizes discussions through his photos and stories from his trips to Ireland. FMI: srutten@uwyo.edu; register by calling the UW/CC Center at 307-268-2713.

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