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Academic Year 2004/2005

British Modernist Literature
ENGL 328 SP

This course will examine the literature of British modernism through readings of novels, poetry and non-fiction prose from the period. Conventionally dated between 1890 and 1945, modernism was marked by radical experiments in literary form that transformed the conventions of both poetry and prose. We will study these technical innovations by reading some of modernism's most celebrated novels and central poems. We will also focus on modernism's recurrent preoccupations, particularly its concern with the meaning of modernity itself. Are modernism and modernity identical, antagonistic, or mutually dependent? Our answers will hinge upon an understanding of the culture from which modernism emerged, and will thus return us to more questions: How is modernism implicated in Britain's waning imperial fortunes? What relations does modernism have with popular culture? To what extent was it shaped by technological change?

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

SECTION 01

Instructor(s): Bachner,Sally    

Times: .M.W... 01:10PM-02:30PM;     Location: DWNY113;

Reserved Seats:    (Total Limit: 40)

SR. major: 12   Jr. major: 13

SR. non-major: 5   Jr. non-major: 5   SO: 5   FR: 0

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Last Updated on MAR-21-2005

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