ENGL 90528 - Modernism in Ireland, Britain and Europe

Institution:

University of Notre Dame

Subject:

English

Description:

This course is a critical examination of the major canonical texts in literary modernism. We consider the cultural, social and political conditions that gave rise to modernism and how urbanization, advertising, war and cinema serve as metaphors for the modernist transformation of form, narrative and style. In addition to drawing on classic accounts of cultural modernity and contemporary scholarship, issues of modernism in music, fashion and the visual arts will also be addressed. While British and French authors will be studied in detail, particular attention will be paid to the Irish experience in both languages. Authors to be studied include James Joyce, Samuel Beckett, Flann O'Brien, Virginia Woolf, Marcel Proust, Joseph Conrad, Elizabeth Bowen, W.B. Yeats, Seán Ó Ríordáin, Eimar O'Duffy, Pádraic Ó Conaire and Austin Clarke.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.nd.edu

Phone Number:

(574) 631-5000

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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