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ENGL320: Modernism |
This unit examines the upheavals that took place in literature and culture 1900-1940. Issues to be discussed include imperialism and colonialism, the death of God, the cataclysm of the First World War, the crisis in representation and 'revolution of the word', changing gender relations, the nightmare of history, the elevation of myth. These will be examined through the manifestos of the major aesthetic movements (Impressionism, Imagism, Vorticism) and related themes (impersonality, anti-self). Texts to be studied include works from novelists and poets (Conrad, Yeats, Eliot, Stevens, Joyce and Mansfield), philosophers (Nietzsche, Freud and Bergson) and filmmakers (Antonioni, Bergman and Haneke).
| Credit Points: | 4 |
| Contact Hours: | 3 |
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D1 - Day; Offered in the first half-year
E1 - Evening; Offered in the first half-year
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| Staff Contact: |
Dr Sheehan |
| Prerequisites: |
8cp from 200-level ENGL units
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Graded
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| Offered By: |
Department of English |
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