Subject description
This subject focuses on the theory and cultural production of modernism in the early decades of the 20th century. The modernists were a cohort of artists who felt that the social and technological developments of the 19th century required the development of new forms of artistic representation, hence Ezra Pounds … For more content click the Read More button below.
Enrolment rules
Pre-Requisite
Equivalence
ENGL264 - Modernism
ENGL338 - The Modernists
ENGL253 - Major Twentieth-Century Writers
Tutorial enrolment
Students can enrol online via the Tutorial Enrolment link in SOLS
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Teaching staff
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Engagement hours
Contact hours:1 hour lecture, 2 hour tutorial
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of this subject, students will be able to:
1.
Identify the characteristics of modernist writing and the shared (and divergent) concerns of modernists; demonstrate understanding of the shift in values as represented in literary form from 19th to 20th centuries
2.
Demonstrate understanding of the literary text as contributing to an intellectual and aesthetic debate that is both historical and on-going
3.
Articulate and discuss (in written and oral form) the literary strategies the texts use to produce meaning
4.
Write an essay that uses the tools of critical literary analysis to develop an argument/thesis that is 1) founded upon supportive evidence from primary texts 2) makes effective use of secondary materials 3) demonstrates awareness of and engages effectively with scholarship on the chosen topic and 4) demonstrates understanding of the context out of which these texts originate
5.
Better articulate ideas in oral form, better respond appropriately to challenges made to those ideas, engage in seminar discussion
Assessment details
Video or PPT Presentation
Essay (2500 words)
Exam (1500 words)
Textbook information
No prescribed textbooks for this subject. Students will be advised of recommended texts at the commencement of session
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