Course aims:

This course introduces students to the approaching of the Modernist literature. Modernism, as a cultural, artistic and literary phenomenon, is regarded in its inter-connection with the historical, linguistic, social and cultural background. We focused on the main writers belonging to this period, on
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Course Entry Requirements:

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Course contents:

Modernism. Preliminary considerations. Historical and social background. The literary background. Modernist literature. Introduction. Modernist Novel. Henry James, Joseph Conrad, E. M. Forster, D. H. Lawrence, James Joyce, Virginia Woolf, George Orwell. Modernist Poetry. W.B. Yeats, Sigfried Sassoon. Modernist Drama: G. B. Shaw.

Teaching methods:

This course is based on ‘hands on’ approach. The students will work both individually and in groups on specific research based on the literary topics.

Learning outcomes:

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Learning outcomes verification and assessment criteria:

Combined oral and written examination, verifying the students’ level of knowledge in the literature studied topic. (50%+50%).

Recommended reading:

Freedman, J., The Cambridge Companion to Henry James, CUP, -, 2000, -.
Leavis, F. R., Novelist, Penguin Books, London, 1994, -.
Robinson, Alan, Instabilities in Contemporary British Poetry, Macmillan Press, Plymouth, 1988, -.
Norris, M, A Companion to James Joyce’s Ulysses, Bedford/St. Martin’s, Boston, 1998, -.
Perkins, David, A History of Modern Poetry. Modernism and After, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, 1987, -.