AJ24087 Forrest Reid

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2013
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 2 credit(s) (plus 3 credits for an exam). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. Michael Matthew Kaylor, PhD. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Jeffrey Alan Vanderziel, B.A.
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
Mon 15:50–17:25 G31
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 15 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/15, only registered: 0/15, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/15
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
At the end of the course, students will be able to critically evaluate the canonical and other issues surrounding a writer such as Forrest Reid, discuss the writing of others with sensitivity and appreciation, and have a greater understanding of the contexts of English Modernism.
Syllabus
  • Repetition — repetition to the point of perfection — is perhaps the aspect of Forrest Reid that best defines him as a person and as an author. He had but one theme — boyhood — and it came to the surface constantly, irrespective of time or setting. This course will examine that repetition, the ways in which Reid's oeuvre reveals a movement toward his magnum opus, the Tom Barber trilogy. To augment our plot, milieu, thematic, socio-historical, and canonicity considerations, the author's (auto)biographical residues will be brought center-stage, hence the two autobiographies and three biographies of Reid will be thoroughly engaged.
  • Week 1: Introduction. Week 2: "Apostate" (1926). Week 3: "The Garden God: A Tale of Two Boys" (1905) and "Private Road" (1940). Week 4: "At the Door of the Gate" (1915). Week 5: "The Spring Song" (1916). Week 6: "Pirates of the Spring" (1919). Week 7: "Demophon: A Traveller's Tale" (1927). Week 8: "Brian Westby" (1934). Weeks 9-11: the Tom Barber trilogy considered in order of original publication - "Uncle Stephen" (1931), "The Retreat; or, The Machinations of Henry" (1936), "Young Tom; or, Very Mixed Company" (1944). Weeks 12-13: the Tom Barber trilogy considered in order of publication as a whole - "Young Tom; or, Very Mixed Company" (1944), "The Retreat; or, The Machinations of Henry" (1936), "Uncle Stephen" (1931).
Literature
  • Reid, Forrest. Following Darkness. Edward Arnold, 1912
  • Reid, Forrest. Illustrators of the Sixties. Faber & Faber, 1928
  • Reid, Forrest. A Garden by the Sea: Stories and Sketches. Talbot Press, 1918
  • Coveney, Peter, Poor Monkey: The Child in Literature. Rockliff, 1957
  • Kaylor, Michael Matthew, ed. The Garden God: A Tale of Two Boys. Valancourt Books, 2007
  • Reid, Forrest. Peter Waring. Faber & Faber, 1937
  • Reid, Forrest. The Garden God: A Tale of Two Boys. David Nutt, 1905
  • Reid, Forrest. Walter de la Mare: A Critical Study. Faber & Faber, 1929
  • Reid, Forrest. The Gentle Lover: A Comedy of Middle Age. Edward Arnold, 1913
  • Reid, Forrest. W. B. Yeats: A Critical Study. Martin Secker, 1915
  • Reid, Forrest. Uncle Stephen. Faber & Faber, 1931
  • Bryan, Mary, Forrest Reid. G. K. Hall, 1976
  • Reid, Forrest. Young Tom; or, Very Mixed Company. Faber & Faber, 1944
  • Reid, Forrest. Demophon: A Traveller’s Tale. Faber & Faber, 1927
  • Reid, Forrest. Pirates of the Spring. Talbot Press, 1920
  • Burlingham, Russell, Forrest Reid: A Portrait and a Study. Faber & Faber, 1953
  • Reid, Forrest. The Bracknels: A Family Chronicle. Edward Arnold, 1911
  • Taylor, Brian, The Green Avenue: The Life and Writings of Forrest Reid, 1875-1947. Cambridge University Press, 1980
  • Reid, Forrest. Private Road. Faber & Faber, 1940
  • Reid, Forrest. The Retreat; or, The Machinations of Henry. Faber & Faber, 1936
  • Reid, Forrest. The Milk of Paradise: Some Thoughts on Poetry. Faber & Faber, 1946
  • Reid, Forrest. Apostate. Constable, 1926
  • Reid, Forrest. Retrospective Adventures. Faber & Faber, 1940
  • Reid, Forrest. At the Door of the Gate. Edward Arnold, 1915
  • Reid, Forrest. Notes and Impressions. The Mourne Press, 1942
  • Reid, Forrest. The Spring Song. Edward Arnold, 1916
  • Reid, Forrest. Denis Bracknel. Faber & Faber, 1947
  • Reid, Forrest. Brian Westby. Faber & Faber, 1934
  • Reid, Forrest. Poems from the Greek Anthology. Faber & Faber, 1943
  • Reid, Forrest. Tom Barber. Pantheon Books, 1955
  • Reid, Forrest. Pender among the Residents. Collins, 1922
Teaching methods
Seminars, 1½ hours per week.
Assessment methods
For credit, students will be expected to write an essay (10 pages, typed, double-spaced). It should have a well-crafted thesis, should be scholarly in tone, and should endeavor to support all claims textually through the materials engaged during this course. Final grades will be divided in the following proportion: 20% for attendance and class participation; 80% for the essay.
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught only once.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2009, Spring 2012, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016.
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