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