In this module we explore Modernist prose writing of the first half of the Twentieth Century, looking at themes, forms and styles in novels, and other types of narrative text, by Dos Passos, Mansfield, Joyce, and Beckett. We seek to locate our material within the broader context of literary attempts to move away from the C19 paradigm of Realism. We ask in what sense these writings can be regarded as responses to the increasingly crisis-ridden developments of that period in the social and cultural spheres, and enquire in what way this literature contributes to opening up new perspectives on subject identity and 'the real'.

Coursework Essay
- An ESSAY length 3000 WORDS plus CRITICAL REVIEW length 1000 words weighted at 80%
[Learning Outcomes 1-3 Critical Review [5]

Group Presentation
- A GP PRESENTAT weighted at 20%
[Learning Outcome 4]

Key Information Set Data:
80% Coursework
20% Practical Exam

Weekly Lectures and Seminars; 4 Group Workshop/Tutorials in weeks 11 and 12

Key Information Set Data:
10% Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activity
90% Guided Independent Study

Networked PC
DVD/Video Projection
Library
Internet
The Blackboard virtual learning environment will be available (where relevant) to support this module. Details will be supplied in the module handbook.

Rob Pope, The English Studies Book (Routledge, 2002)
David Lodge The Art of Fiction (Penguin, 1992)
Terry Eagleton How to Read a Poem (Blackwell, 2007)
Barry Peter Beginning Theory. An Introduction to Literary and Cultural Theory Manchester (Manchester University Press) 2002
Gilbert Sandra / Gubar Susan The Madwoman in the Attic New Haven (Yale) 1979