AJL14079 Aspects of British Modernism

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2024
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
Stephen Paul Hardy, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Stephen Paul Hardy, Ph.D.
Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Tomáš Hanzálek
Supplier department: Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Tue 16:00–17:40 G25, except Mon 18. 11. to Sun 24. 11.
Prerequisites (in Czech)
AJL01002 Practical English II || AJ01002 Practical English II
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 18/20, only registered: 1/20, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/20
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
This semester’s course will focus on aspects of fiction, focusing primarily on work by Richard Aldington, E.M Forster, Ford Madox Ford, D.H Lawrence, James Joyce, Dorothy Richardson, Katherine Mansfield, Evelyn Waugh and Virginia Woolf.
Learning outcomes
Students who have followed the course will have gained an understanding of major works produced within the context of British modernism and an ability to discuss and analyse the formal attitudes and content of those works.
Syllabus
  • Week 0:(10.9):ORIENTATION WEEK: NO CLASS 16-20.10 NO CLASSES DUE TO FLOODS Week 1:(24.9):Introductory Week 2:(1.10):Dorothy Richardson: Pilgrimage: 1.Pointed Roofs; 2.Backwater Week 3:(8.10):Ford Madox Ford:The Good Soldier Week 4:(15.10):D.H.Lawrence:Women in Love (1) Week 5:(22.10):D.H Lawrence: Women in Love (2) Week 6:(29.10):Virginia Woolf:Jacob's Room Week 7:(5.11): NO CLASS:LESSON TO BE REPLACED IN READING WEEK Week 8:(12.11):Virginia Woolf:To the Lighthouse Week 9:(19.11):READING WEEK:REPLACEMENT LESSON:James Joyce:Ulysses:1.Telemachus 2.Nestor 4.Calypso 5.Lotus Eaters 8.Lestrygonians Week 10 (26.11)James Joyce:Ulysses: 10.Wandering Rocks 11.Sirens 12.Cyclops 13.Nausicaa 16.Ithaca 17.Penelope Week 11:(3.12):Katherine Mansfield:Daughters of the Late Colonel; At the Bay; Prelude; The Garden Party; Bliss Week 12:(10.12):E.M.Forster: A Passage to India Week 13:(17.12)Richard Aldington: Death of a Hero
Literature
  • Richardson, Dorothy Backwater Gutenberg
  • Richardson, Dorothy Pointed Roofs Gutenberg
  • WOOLF, Virginia. Jacob's room. Edited by Lawrence Norfolk - Elisabeth Bronfen. London: Vintage, 2004, xviii, 173. ISBN 0099478269. info
  • MANSFIELD, Katherine. The garden party and other stories. Edited by Lorna Sage. First published. London: Penguin Books, 1997, xxiv, 159. ISBN 9780141441801. info
  • LAWRENCE, David Herbert. The rainbow. Harmonsworth: Penguin Books, 1996, 467 s. ISBN 0-14-062225-X. info
  • WOOLF, Virginia. To the lighthouse. London: Penguin Books, 1996, 306 s. ISBN 0140622144. info
  • JOYCE, James. Ulysses. Edited by Declan Kiberd. London: Penguin Books, 1992, lxxxviii,. ISBN 0-14-018558-5. info
  • FORSTER, E. M. A passage to India. Edited by Oliver Stallybrass. London: Penguin Books, 1989, 362 s. ISBN 0140180761. info
  • LAWRENCE, David Herbert. Women in love. New York: Penguin Books, 1976, xiii, 473. ISBN 0-14-004260-1. info
  • MANSFIELD, Katherine. In a German pension. Edited by John Middleton Murry. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1964, 116 stran. ISBN 0140021817. info
  • ALDINGTON, Richard. Death of a hero. Moscow: Foreign Languages Publishing House, 1958, 442 s. info
  • WAUGH, Evelyn. A handful of dust. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1951, 221 s. info
  • FORD, Ford Madox. The good soldier : a tale of passion. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1946, 228 s. ISBN 0140005366. info
Teaching methods
The course will be taught through a combination of míní-lectures, close reading, small group and whole class discussion.
Assessment methods
The course will be assessed by a combination of class attendance and oral contribution (55%) and an essay of 6-8 pages, double spaced, size 12. type (45%). Essays should be submitted to my IS e-mail address (33697@mail.muni.cz). If you have not received a grade within 3 days please let me know.
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
The course is taught only once.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023.
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