English 45C

Literature in English: Mid-19th Through the 20th Century


Section Semester Instructor Time Location Course Areas
1 Spring 2012 Snyder, Katherine
 MW 10-11, + discussion sections F 10-11 2 LeConte Introductory Surveys

Book List

Tentative Book List (please attend the first lecture before purchasing) : ;

Recommended: Conrad, Joseph: Heart of Darkness; Faulkner, William: The Sound and the Fury; James, Henry: The Turn of the Screw; Larsen, Nella: Passing; McEwan, Ian: Saturday; Pynchon, Thomas: The Crying of Lot 49; Woolf, Virginia: Mrs. Dalloway

Other Readings and Media

A substantial (required) photocopied reader containing short stories, poetry, and critical essays.

Description

This course examines a broad range of British and American texts spanning well over a century, with a primary focus on the emergence and development of early twentieth-century modernism. Topics for discussion will include the role of high art and artists in an era of mass communications and mass culture; the interplay between formal innovation and ideological stance; the rejection of and/or engagement with tradition and history; the implications of expatriatism and multiculturalism for identity; and the politics of canon formation: which authors and literary texts are regularly read, how they are read, and by whom.

Written work for the course will consist of three 5-7 page essays; a midterm and/or quizzes given in lecture; and a final exam. Regular attendance at lecture and vigorous participation in section are also required. Individual sections may also require short assignments.

Discussion Sections

101 Abramson, Anna Jones
 F 10-11 155 Barrows
102 Le, Serena
 F 10-11 175 Barrows
103 Vandeloo, David
 F 10-11 174 Barrows

Other Recent Sections of This Course

Fall, 2013
45C/1 Literature in English: Mid-19th Through the 20th Century Falci, Eric
45C/2 Literature in English: Mid-19th Through the 20th Century Goble, Mark
Spring, 2013
45C/1 Literature in English: Mid-19th Through the 20th Century Lee, Steven Sunwoo
45C/2 Literature in English: Mid-19th Through the 20th Century Flynn, Catherine
Fall, 2012
45C/1 Literature in English: Mid-19th Through the 20th Century Altieri, Charles F.
45C/2 Literature in English: Mid-19th Through the 20th Century Wong, Hertha D. Sweet
Spring, 2012
45C/2 Literature in English: Mid-19th Through the 20th Century Blanton, C. D.
Fall, 2011
45C/1 Literature in English: Mid-19th Through the 20th Century Premnath, Gautam
45C/2 Literature in English: Mid-19th Through the 20th Century Goble, Mark
Spring, 2011
45C/1 Literature in English: Mid 19th- Through the 20th Century Blanton, Dan
45C/2 Literature in English: Mid 19th- Through the 20th Century Falci, Eric

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