ENGL 3051 - Modernisms
Career: | Undergraduate |
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Units: | 3 |
Term: | 4010 |
Campus: | North Terrace |
Contact: | Up to 3 hours per week |
Available for Study Abroad and Exchange: | Yes |
Available for Non-Award Study: | Yes |
Pre-Requisite: | At least 6 units of study at Level I undergraduate study. To undertake this course as part of a major in English, students need a minimum of 3 units in English at Level II or at Level II in Creative Writing cross-listed with the major in English. |
Assumed Knowledge: | ENGL 1101 |
Incompatible: | ENGL 2052 |
Assessment: | On-line quiz 10%, Seminar presentation 10%, Seminar essay (1500 words) 30%, Major essay (3000 words) 50% |
Syllabus: |
Modernism is best understood as a cultural and artistic response to the changing conditions of modernity in the early twentieth century, a period marked by World War One, increasing urbanisation and industrialisation, struggles for labour rights and women's rights, decolonisation, and the emergence of mass culture and advanced technologies. This course examines the emergence of literary Modernism, predominantly in Europe and North America, but it will also touch on Modernist texts from New Zealand and Australia. One of the key themes of the course is that different strands of Modernism arose at different times across different locations, hence the title Modernisms. Text to be studied include short stories by Katherine Mansfield, a novella by Franz Kafka, the ballet The Rite of Spring, novels by James Joyce, Virginia Woolf and William Faulkner, and poetry by T.S. Eliot, Mina Loy and 'Ern Malley'. We will study how these texts interpret and express the sometimes confusing experience of modernity, showing a range of ideas concerning politics and aesthetics, tradition and the avant-garde, gender, identity and nation. We will explore the impact of new ideas about time, the mind and language on literature, as well as charting ways in which Modernist writers reacted to, reflected on, or tried to give shape to the social and political tumult of their times. |
Course Fees
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EFTSL | |||
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0.125 |
Course Outline
A Course Outline which includes Learning Outcomes, Learning Resources, Learning & Teaching for this course may be accessed here
Critical Dates
Term | Last Day to Add Online | Census Date | Last Day to WNF | Last Day to WF |
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4010 | Mon 16/03/2020 | Thu 26/03/2020 | Fri 12/06/2020 | Not Available |
Class Details
Enrolment Class: Lecture | |||||||
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Class Nbr | Section | Size | Available | Dates | Days | Time | Location |
13458 | LE01 | 119 | 32 | 4 Mar - 8 Apr | Wednesday | 4pm - 5pm | Napier, G03, Lecture Theatre |
29 Apr - 3 Jun | Wednesday | 4pm - 5pm | Napier, G03, Lecture Theatre | ||||
Related Class: Seminar | |||||||
Class Nbr | Section | Size | Available | Dates | Days | Time | Location |
13459 | SE04 | 28 | FULL | 5 Mar - 9 Apr | Thursday | 11am - 1pm | Lower Napier, LG15, Teaching Room |
30 Apr - 4 Jun | Thursday | 11am - 1pm | Lower Napier, LG15, Teaching Room | ||||
13460 | SE03 | 30 | 2 | 5 Mar - 9 Apr | Thursday | 9am - 11am | Ligertwood, 111, Teaching Room |
30 Apr - 4 Jun | Thursday | 9am - 11am | Ligertwood, 111, Teaching Room | ||||
13461 | SE02 | 40 | 9 | 4 Mar - 8 Apr | Wednesday | 5pm - 7pm | Lower Napier, LG24, Teaching Room |
29 Apr - 3 Jun | Wednesday | 5pm - 7pm | Lower Napier, LG24, Teaching Room |