EL1005:03
The Modernist Experiment
Cairns
26 lectures, 13 tutorials. Second semester.
Staff: Dr S Torre.
This subject is an introductory study of selected poetry, prose and drama of the Modernist period, written in English. The Modernist movement produced some of the most experimental and challenging works of literature in the twentieth century. Students will learn to read and discuss works by Joseph Conrad, E.M. Forster, D.H. Lawrence, Virginia Woolf, W.B. Yeats, T.S. Eliot and others, as well as some of the key theoretical writings on Modernism.
Learning Objectives:
- acquisition of competence in reading the set texts;
- an understanding of literary Modernism and its cultural and historical contexts;
- development of basic practical skills in the literary criticism of Modernist texts;
- basic competence in the critical and theoretical issues relevant to Modernism.
Assessment by a 500 word essay (15%); a 1,500 word essay (25%); attendance and participation (20%); one three-hour examination (40%).