Module Details
The information contained in this module specification was correct at the time of publication but may be subject to change, either during the session because of unforeseen circumstances, or following review of the module at the end of the session. Queries about the module should be directed to the member of staff with responsibility for the module.
Title MODERNIST LITERATURE: 1900-1945
Code ENGL232
Coordinator Dr SE Oliver
English
Sophie.Oliver@liverpool.ac.uk
Year CATS Level Semester CATS Value
Session 2020-21 Level 5 FHEQ Second Semester 30

Aims

To equip you with the sophisticated reading skills needed to interpret modernist texts.
To examine previous critical responses to these texts and weigh arguments against each other.
To compare techniques developed by writers with those developed by artists in other media, including painting, music and film.
To develop a critical appreciation of experimental narrative techniques, their purposes, effects, and implications. 
To develop and deploy the nuanced forms of expression which will enable you to articulate your responses.

Learning Outcomes

(LO1) You will be able to interpret subtle or ambiguous qualities of a text (such as tone, voice, and structure), and justify your interpretation.

(LO2) You will be able to cite a range of critical perspectives and explain which aspects of the course texts are elucidated by particular critical arguments.

(LO3) You will have developed the confidence to talk about a modernist painting or piece of music and an appreciation of concerns shared by artists in different media.

(LO4) You will be able to discuss the implications of various narrative styles and techniques (eg. interior monologue, allusion, 'unreliable' narration).

(LO5) You will have extended and refined your critical vocabulary and powers of argument such that you can clearly communicate your ideas about the course texts.

(S1) Ability to form sustained, coherent arguments with evidence marshalled from disparate and challenging sources.

(S2) Communication (oral, written and visual) - Presentation skills - written

(S3) Communication (oral, written and visual) - Academic writing (inc. referencing skills)

(S4) Critical thinking and problem solving - Critical analysis

(S5) Research skills - All Information skills

Syllabus
 

This module allows you to explore the work of experimental writers responding to the twentieth-century world. You might read Ford Madox Ford, James Joyce, T.S. Eliot, D.H. Lawrence, Virginia Woolf and others. Books might include Ulysses and the Waste Land, To the Lighthouse and Women in Love. Lectures will address contemporary art and architecture as well as myth, history, psychologies and bodies. how do we live and write in modern times?

Teaching and Learning Strategies

1-hour F2F with small group

1 x 1-hour remote online workshops with whole cohort.

Teaching Schedule
  Lectures Seminars Tutorials Lab Practicals Fieldwork Placement Other TOTAL
Study Hours     11

     22

 33
Timetable (if known)              
Private Study 267
TOTAL HOURS 300

Assessment
EXAM Duration Timing
(Semester)		 % of
final
mark		 Resit/resubmission
opportunity		 Penalty for late
submission		 Notes
             
CONTINUOUS Duration Timing
(Semester)		 % of
final
mark		 Resit/resubmission
opportunity		 Penalty for late
submission		 Notes
Short Presentation.  5 minutes    0       
Short Practice Essay.  1000-1500 words    0       
Assessment 2 There is a resit opportunity. Standard UoL penalty applies for late submission. Assessment Schedule (When) :2  3000-3500 words    50       
Assessment 1: Multimedia Research Project There is a resit opportunity. Standard UoL penalty applies for late submission. Assessment Schedule (When) :2  2250-2500 words    50       

Recommended Texts
Reading lists are managed at readinglists.liverpool.ac.uk. Click here to access the reading lists for this module.