Modern English literature: modernism and postmodernism
A Dilnot
8 points
* 2.5 hours per week
* Second semester
* Clayton
Objectives Students successfully completing this subject should have developed a recognition of what distinguishes modern and postmodern literature in English and a grounding in the nature of the cultural conditions in which modern English literature has been produced.
Synopsis This subject will attempt to identify some of the chief trends in modernism and postmodernism in literature in English in the twentieth century. The central figures of modernism will be studied within their cultural and historical context. From this base the subject will proceed to examine the preoccupations of two postmodern texts, Flaubert's parrot and Pale fire.
Assessment second year Seminar report (20 minutes; 1500 words):
20%
* Essay: (1500 words): 20%
* Essay (3000 words): 50%
* Seminar
participation: 10%
* Students whose written work and participation in
tutorials are unsatisfactory will be required to take an examination worth
50%
Assessment third year Seminar paper (20 minutes; 1500 words): 20%
*
Essay (1500 words): 20%
* Essay (3000 words): 50%
* Seminar
participation: 10%
* Students whose written work and participation in
tutorials are unsatisfactory will be required to take an examination worth 50%
* Third-year students will be expected to demonstrate a greater analytical
and critical grasp of the topic.
Prescribed texts
Adcock The Faber book of twentieth-century women's poetry Faber
Barnes Flaubert's parrot Picador
Beckett Endgame and Act without words Faber
Conrad Victory Penguin
Eliot Selected poems Faber
Lawrence Sons and lovers Penguin
Levin (ed.) A James Joyce reader Penguin
Nabokov Pale fire Penguin
Woolf To the lighthouse Penguin
Yeats Selected poetry Penguin
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