ENGL 366(F) Modern British Fiction

This course focuses on British and Irish novels from the early decades of the twentieth century. We will study the emergence of innovative fictional forms and practices that have been loosely called "modernist," and consider the ways in which such forms and practices affect the works' capacity to address questions of history, politics, sexuality, epistemology, and aesthetics. Readings will include Henry James' Portrait of a Lady, Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness and The Secret Agent, D. H. Lawrence's Sons and Lovers, James Joyce's Dubliners and A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Ford Madox Ford's The Good Soldier, E. M. Forster's A Passage to India, Virginia Woolf's To the Lighthouse. Requirements: two 4- to 5-page papers, a scheduled final exam, and regular, active participation in class discussions. Prerequisite: English 101. Enrollment limited to 30.

Hour:  L. GRAVER