BAS_353_Modern_Lit_2002
- 1. British and American Studies International Programme Course Outline Course Code and Title: BAS 353 Literature of the Modern Period Section/Group: 18/01 Semester: 1 / 2002 _____________________________________________________________________ 1. Instructor’s Name: Aj. Dennis Lewis______________________________ Section/Group: 18/01 Class Time: Days: Tues. / Thurs. Time: 9.00-10.30 Room No.: 206 Office Hours: Days: Mon. / Weds. Time: 9 – 11, 14.00 – 16.30 Office Room No. _2_ Floor: __4__ Building: __Liberal Arts Building_____ Course co-ordinator: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Boonruang Chunsuvimol 1
- 2. Prerequisite: BAS 251 or BAS 252 Course Description: This seminar examines how British and American fiction and poetry written in the first half of the 20th century engaged the historical events and intellectual debates of the period. Among issues to be explored are the concepts of exile and memory, modernity and modernism, authority and subjectivity. While the course looks in detail at the modernist movement, it also examines the complex relationship between history and fiction in the works of selected postmodern writers. ←Course Objectives: The course aims to provide students with an understanding of the ←importance of context when reading 20th-century literature and to help them ←recognize how the period's history, changing values and issues of social and cultural ←importance helped to shape the works of major authors. The course looks at the ←historical and social background, Modernist experimentation, new subjects and ←literary forms, the post-war crisis and the search for a new identity, and ←postmodernism’s rejection of a single historical record of the past in favor of multiple ←viewpoints. Students will be expected to write essays that make critical arguments ←about the literary texts they study. Teaching/Learning Methods: lectures class discussions essays Teaching Aids: handouts videos Assessment: Class work 10% Midterm Exam 40% Final Exam 50% Main Texts: 1. Henry James: Turn of the Screw 2. James Joyce: Ulysses 3. D.H. Lawrence: Women in Love Tentative Schedule: Week 1: Introduction: fiction in English 1900-1950 2
- 3. Excerpts from Henry James: “The Art of Fiction” and David Perkins: A History of Modern Poetry, Vol. I. Week 2: Henry James: Turn of the Screw Week 3: Henry James: Turn of the Screw Week 4: James Joyce: Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Week 5: James Joyce: Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Week 6: Ezra Pound: Hugh Selwyn Mauberley Week 7: T.S. Eliot: The Wasteland Week 8: D.H. Lawrence: Women in Love Week 9: D.H. Lawrence: Women in Love Week 10: D.H. Lawrence: Women in Love Week 11: W.B. Yeats: “The Second Coming” W.B. Yeats: “Sailing to Byzantium” Week 12: James Joyce: Ulysses Week 13: James Joyce: Ulysses Week 14: James Joyce: Ulysses Week 15: W.H. Auden: “The Fall of Rome,” and “In Praise of Limestone” John Ashbery: “Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror” Week 16: Salman Rushdie: Midnight’s Children Week 17: Salman Rushdie: Midnight’s Children 3