English 45C

Other Readings and Media

Ellmann, R., O'Clair, R., and Ramazani, J.: The Norton Anthology of Modern Poetry vol. i (3rd ed.); Faulkner, W: Absalom, Absalom!; Hemingway, E: The Sun Also Rises; Nabokov, V: Lolita; Toomer, J: Cane; Woolf, V: Mrs. Dalloway

Description

"A survey of English and American literature from the late nineteenth through the mid-twentieth century, with attention given both to conceptions of literature intrinsically claimed by the texts assigned and to the historical and cultural grounds out of which they emerged. The course will inevitably investigate the emergence and rise of modernism and also, in passing, the value and nature of such constructions as ""the author,"" ""literature,"" ""literary history,"" and ""period."" Active participation in discussion sections will be essential. There will be two short papers, a final exam, and possibly a midterm. "