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Academic Year 2003/2004

British Modernist Fiction
ENGL 328 FA

This course will examine the major novels of British modernism. Conventionally dated between 1890 and 1945, modernism was marked by radical experiments in literary form that transformed the shape and content of the novel. We will examine both the formal features of modernist literary technique and its recurrent preoccupation with the idea of modernity. In our effort to develop an understanding of the culture from which modernism emerged, we will focus on a number of key questions: How is modernism implicated in Britain's waning imperial fortunes? To what extent was it shaped by technological change? What relations does modernism have with popular culture?

MAJOR READINGS

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

COURSE FORMAT: Lecture/Discussion

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD    Credit: 1    Gen Ed Area Dept: HA ENGL    Grading Mode: Student Option   

Prerequisites: NONE Links to Web Resources For This Course.

Last Updated on MAR-19-2004

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