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ENGL183
Modernist Novel and Modernity
ENGL183 FA
Not Currently Offered
The course offers a sampling of some of the most influential
European and American novels written between the mid-19th
century and the Second World War. Lectures will focus on
how these novels, in both form and content, are responding
to widespread social transformations that affected all
domains of everyday life, public and private, from the
dynamics of nationalism and empire to norms of sexuality and
gender identity.
MAJOR READINGS
Novels by such writers as: Cather, Conrad,
Dos Passos, Faulkner, Flaubert, Forster, Gide, Hemingway,
Hurston, Joyce, Kafka, Proust, Svevo, Woolf, Zola.
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
Midterm and final exams
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS
Unless
preregistered students attend the first class meeting or
communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first
class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE:
Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the
Registrar's Office.
COURSE FORMAT: Lecture
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level: UG Credit: 1.00
Gen Ed Area & Dept: HA ENGL
Prerequisites:
None
Last Updated on MAR-22-1999
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