AJL24087 Forrest Reid

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2023
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 6 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. Michael Matthew Kaylor, PhD. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Michael Matthew Kaylor, PhD.
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 18:00–19:40 G32
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: 4/20, only registered: 0/20, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/20
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
This course will examine the canonical and other issues surrounding the Ulster novelist Forrest Reid, particularly as these relate to his relationship to the larger issues of English Modernism.
Learning outcomes
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.
  • Weeks 1-2: "Apostate" (1926) and "Retrospective Adventures" (1940). Week 3: "The Garden God: A Tale of Two Boys" (1905) and "The Bracknels: A Family Chronicle" (1911). Week 4: "Pender among the Residents (1922). Week 5: "Demophon: A Traveller’s Tale" (1927). Week 6: "Brian Westby" (1934). Weeks 7-9: 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 10-12: 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). Week 13: Closure.
Literature
  • Reid, Forrest. Following Darkness. Edward Arnold, 1912
  • Reid, Forrest. Demophon: A Traveller’s Tale. Faber & Faber, 1927
  • Reid, Forrest. Notes and Impressions. The Mourne Press, 1942
  • Reid, Forrest. The Garden God: A Tale of Two Boys. David Nutt, 1905
  • Reid, Forrest. Peter Waring. Faber & Faber, 1937
  • Reid, Forrest. Tom Barber. Pantheon Books, 1955
  • Reid, Forrest. Apostate. Constable, 1926
  • Reid, Forrest. Poems from the Greek Anthology. Faber & Faber, 1943
  • Burlingham, Russell, Forrest Reid: A Portrait and a Study. Faber & Faber, 1953
  • Reid, Forrest. A Garden by the Sea: Stories and Sketches. Talbot Press, 1918
  • Reid, Forrest. At the Door of the Gate. Edward Arnold, 1915
  • Reid, Forrest. Retrospective Adventures. Faber & Faber, 1940
  • Reid, Forrest. W. B. Yeats: A Critical Study. Martin Secker, 1915
  • Reid, Forrest. The Retreat; or, The Machinations of Henry. Faber & Faber, 1936
  • Reid, Forrest. The Gentle Lover: A Comedy of Middle Age. Edward Arnold, 1913
  • Taylor, Brian, The Green Avenue: The Life and Writings of Forrest Reid, 1875-1947. Cambridge University Press, 1980
  • Reid, Forrest. Pirates of the Spring. Talbot Press, 1920
  • Reid, Forrest. Illustrators of the Sixties. Faber & Faber, 1928
  • Bryan, Mary, Forrest Reid. G. K. Hall, 1976
  • Reid, Forrest. Pender among the Residents. Collins, 1922
  • Coveney, Peter, Poor Monkey: The Child in Literature. Rockliff, 1957
  • Reid, Forrest. The Spring Song. Edward Arnold, 1916
  • Reid, Forrest. Uncle Stephen. Faber & Faber, 1931
  • Reid, Forrest. Walter de la Mare: A Critical Study. Faber & Faber, 1929
  • Reid, Forrest. The Bracknels: A Family Chronicle. Edward Arnold, 1911
  • Reid, Forrest. Brian Westby. Faber & Faber, 1934
  • Reid, Forrest. The Milk of Paradise: Some Thoughts on Poetry. Faber & Faber, 1946
  • Reid, Forrest. Young Tom; or, Very Mixed Company. Faber & Faber, 1944
  • Kaylor, Michael Matthew, ed. The Garden God: A Tale of Two Boys. Valancourt Books, 2007
  • Reid, Forrest. Denis Bracknel. Faber & Faber, 1947
  • Reid, Forrest. Private Road. Faber & Faber, 1940
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 also listed under the following terms Autumn 2020.
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