This course is dedicated to modernist literature and its multifaceted engagement with questions of gender and sexuality. A varied range of texts will provide ample opportunity to discuss different literary forms (novels, short stories, poetry), as well as asthetic and narratological principles (stream of consciousness, epiphany, Realism, Modernism etc.) and reflect their grounding in literary and cultural history.
Part of this module will serve a propaedeutic function and help students to bring their knowledge of the basics of literary analysis and academic proficiency up to standard (if necessary).
Texts (listed in the order in which our reading will proceed):
Virginia Woolf, Mrs Dalloway (1925)
Sylvia Townsend Warner, Lolly Willowes (1926)
D.H. Lawrence, The Rainbow (1915)
Please start reading the novels before the beginning of the semester!
Further materials will be made available at the beginning of the semester. |