ENG 320 Study in Literary Modes: British Modernism
In this course we will explore the production of British fiction from the
turn of the twentieth century to World War II. Our attention will focus on
the relationship between the disintegration of traditional moral, social,
and intellectual values and the development of new literary forms. We will
read and discuss works that illustrate a variety of cultural concerns,
paying particular attention to those texts which use experimental,
audience challenging, and language-focused narrative strategies to
foreground the relationship of individuals to economic, political, and
cultural forces. We will explore various traditions and innovations in
literature as they reflect and incorporate shifting attitudes toward love,
marriage, family, social institutions, nature, technology, and war. The
metaphor of voyage, of travel to the unknown—whether to a physical, a
social, or a psychological wilderness—will provide a unifying point of
reference for our discussions of the texts by Conrad, Forster, Joyce,
Lawrence, Mansfield, Rhys and Woolf. This course is offered in the spring
semester. (Not offered 2005-2006)
Credits: 1
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