This course focuses on British and Irish novels from the early decades of the twentieth century. We will study the emergence of innovative stylistic and narrative forms and practices characteristic of Modernism and consider the ways in which such innovations affect the works' capacity to address questions of history, politics, sexuality, epistemology, and aesthetics. Readings will include such works as Conrad's Heart of Darkness, Joyce's Ulysses, Woolf's To the Lighthouse, Forster's A Passage to India, and Ford's The Good Soldier. Requirements: two papers and regular, active participation in class discussions. Prerequisite: a 100-level English course, except 150. Enrollment limited to 25. (Post-1900)