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Not offered in 2007
A study of the modernist movement as a supra-national European cultural paradigm. The texts will cover the literatures of both Eastern and Western Europe, and will be studied in English translation, though they may be read in their original languages. The poetics of the various modernist 'schools,' such as symbolism, futurism, expressionism and surrealism, will be studied with reference to and issues of modernity.
Essay (3000 words): 45%
Class paper (1500 words): 25%
Test (1 hour): 30%
Third-year level students will write essays which require more theoretical reflection and presuppose a wider reading than essays written by students enrolled at second-year level
2.5 hours (1 x 1.5 hour lecture and 1 x 1 hour tutorial) per week
SLA2530, SLA3530