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Current Academic Year 2012 - 2013
Please note that this information is subject to change.

Module Title	Literature of the Twentieth Century
Module Code	LIT2
School	Oscail
Online Module Resources
Module Co-ordinator	Semester 1: James Brunton Semester 2: James Brunton Autumn: James Brunton
NFQ level	8	Credit Rating	15
Pre-requisite	LIT1
Co-requisite	None
Compatibles	None
Incompatibles	None

Description

This module introduces students to the literature of twentieth century, focusing particularly on ideas of modernism and modernity. It examines key modern texts in non-English literatures as well as modernist writing from Ireland, England and the US.

Learning Outcomes

1. Analyse the ways in which historical, political and cultural developments impacted on the literatures in the twentieth century
2. Evaluate accounts of modernism and modernity and their differences
3. Analyse the main artistic movements and tendencies within modernism
4. Appraise the key components of a selection of modernist works of art indifferent media
5. Reflect on the influence of modernist values and techniques on thedevelopment of twentieth century literature
6. Develop the analysis of different literary genres

Workload	Full-time hours per semester
*Type*	*Hours*	*Description*
Tutorial	15	No Description
On-line learning	15	No Description
Independent learning time	345	No Description
Total Workload: 375

All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml

Indicative Content and Learning Activities

Part 1: Modernism and Modernity.
Unit 1: Reading Twentieth-Century Literature.

Unit 2: What was Modernism?.
Unit 3: The Modernist Test.

Unit 4: The Meaning of Modernity.
Part 2: Modernist Literature.

Unit 5: T.S. Eliot, The Waste Land (I).
Unit 6: T.S. Eliot, The Waste Land (II).

Unit 7: Virginia Woolf, Mrs Dalloway.
Unit 8: James Joyce, Ulysses (1).

Unit 9: James Joyce, Ulysses (II).
Part 3: Modern Drama.

Unit 10: Approaches to Twentieth-Century Theatre.
Unit 11: Beyond Naturalism: Chekhov & Stanislavski.

Unit 12: Modernism in the Theatre (I): Brecht and Beckett.
Unit 13: Modernism in the Theatre (II): Brecht’s Mother Courage.

Part 4: American Literature: The Modern Period.
Unit 14: The Harlem Renaissance.

Unit 15: American Poetry (I): Forms of Modernism.
Unit 16: American Poetry (II): Gender & Modernism.

Unit 17: American Realism: Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath.
Part 5: Irish Literature: Modernism and After.

Unit 18: Irish Poetry After Yeats: MacNeice, Kavanagh.
Unit 19: Late Modernism: Elizabeth Bowen.

Unit 20: Modernism & Post-modernism: Flann O’Brien’s At Swim-Two-Birds.

Assessment Breakdown
Continuous Assessment	50%	Examination Weight	50%

Course Work Breakdown
Type	Description	% of total	Assessment Date
Assignment	Assessment takes a variety of forms, including essays, reports, learning journals, presentations and group assignments.	50%	n/a

Reassessment Requirement
Resit arrangements are explained by the following categories; 1 = A resit is available for all components of the module 2 = No resit is available for 100% continuous assessment module 3 = No resit is available for the continuous assessment component
This module is category 3

Indicative Reading List

Walder, D. (ed.): 2003, Literature in the Modern World, Oxford University Press,
Moore, G. (ed.): 2011, The Penguin Book of American Verse, Penguin,
Eliot, T. S.: 0, The Waste Land, (any edition),
Virginia, W.: 2000, Mrs Dalloway, 2000 edition, Oxford University Press,
Joyce, J.: 2000, Ulysses, ed. by Declan Kiberd, 2000 edition, Penguin,
Chekhov, A: 1989, The Cherry Orchard,
Stanislavski, S.: 2002, An actor prepares, Routledge,
Beckett, S.: 1998, Waiting for Godot, Faber and Faber,
Brecht, B.: 1994, Brecht on Theatre: the Development of an Aesthetic, trans. by John Willett, Hill and Wang,
Brecht, B.: 1993, Mother Courage and Her Children, trans. by John Willett, Methuen,
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