Modernism - ENGX305
This unit examines the upheavals that took place in literature and culture between 1900 and 1940. Issues discussed include: imperialism and colonialism; the death of God; the cataclysm of the First World War; the crisis in representation and revolution of the word; changing gender relations; the nightmare of history; and the propagation of myth. These are examined through the manifestos of the major aesthetic movements (Impressionism, Imagism, Vorticism) and related themes (impersonality, anti-self). Texts studied include: works from novelists and poets (Conrad, Yeats, Eliot, Pound, Joyce and Woolf); philosophers (Nietzsche and Freud); visual artists (Lewis); and filmmakers (Bergman and Haneke).
| When Offered: | S2 OUA - Session 2, offered through Open Universities Australia |
| Staff Contact(s): | Associate Professor Paul Sheehan |
| Prerequisites: |
(ENGX120 or ENG110) and two ENGX units at 200 level or above |
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| NCCW(s): | ENGL305 |
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| Unit Type: | OUA |
| Assessed As: | Graded |
| Offered By: | Department of English Faculty of Arts |
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