Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996
Synopsis This subject will attempt to define some of the major cultural modernist and postmodernist movements of the twentieth century. In focusing on some of the central figures of `high modernism' like Eliot, Joyce and Woolf, the subject will explore their relationships with anthropology and psychology, painting, music and science, within the larger intellectual and interdisciplinary context of modernism. From this base, we will then examine some of the preoccupations of three postmodern texts - Flaubert's parrot, Charades and The joke.
Assessment Seminar paper (1000 words): 20% + Short essay: (1500 words): 20% + Long essay (2500 words): 40% + Examination (1 hour): 20%