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Modernist Novel and Modernity
ENGL183 SP

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 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.

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: UGRD    Credit: 1    Gen Ed Area Dept: HA ENGL    Grading Mode: Graded   

Prerequisites: NONE

SECTION 01

Instructor(s): Weisberg,David H.   
Times: .M.W.F. 10:00AM-10:50AM;     Location: PAC001
Reserved Seats:    (Total Limit: 100)
SR. major:    Jr. major:
SR. non-major: 25   Jr. non-major: 25   SO: 25   FR: 25

Special Attributes:

Last Updated on MAR-24-2000


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