British Modernist Fiction
ENGL 328
Spring 2006
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01
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This course is an introduction to the formal, thematic, and philosophical features of British Modernist fiction. This course will attempt to provide a broad, if necessarily selective, picture of modernist fiction in all its considerable variety. Thus, in addition to spending weeks reading James Joyce's Ulysses, and other modernist classics, we will read some arguably minor novels as well. We will spend considerable time on what is called "late modernism," that is, the period from the early thirties to modernism's official end in 1945. 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? 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? |
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Essential Capabilities:
None |
| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA ENGL |
| Course Format: Lecture/Discussion | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: ENGL201 |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (ENGL)(ENGL-Literature) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: Not Available |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Selected Texts:
Ford Maddox Ford, THE GOOD SOLDIER
James Joyce, ULYSSES
Virginia Woolf, MRS. DALLOWAY
Evelyn Waugh, VILE BODIES
Jean Rhys, VOYAGE IN THE DARK
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Examinations and Assignments:
2 short essays (5-7 pages), a final exam, and regular brief writing assignments. |
| Instructor(s): Bachner,Sally Times: .M.W... 01:10PM-02:30PM; Location: DWNY113; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 25 | | SR major: 13 | JR major: 12 | | |
| Seats Available: 3 | GRAD: 0 | SR non-major: 0 | JR non-major: 0 | SO: 0 | FR: 0 |
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