BRITISH LITERATURE FROM 1900 TO THE PRESENT

Università degli Studi
"G. d'Annunzio"

Chieti - Pescara

Single discipline educational activity

Course Sheet

Course code:

BRILIT001

Academic Year of enrolment:

2022

Year of supply:

2023/2024

Type of Course:

Related/Supplementary

Degree:

Course of 2nd Cycle Degree in PHILOLOGY, LINGUISTICS AND LITERARY TRADITIONS

Disciplinary Sector:

ENGLISH LITERATURE

Language:

English

Location:

CHIETI

Credits:

Programme Year:

Professor and Collaborators:

CANANI MARCO

Cycle:

First semester

Hours of classroom activity:

Individual study hours:

108

Prerequisites:

The course is taught in English. Students are expected to possess B1+ language skills in English (or higher)

Objectives

LEARNING OUTCOMES
The course introduces students to a selection of twentieth-century texts and to the critical debate on twentieth-century literature. Starting from the historical and cultural context, the course examines the innovations characterizing Modernist and Postmodernist literature. The close reading of the texts will be accompanied by their examination from a cultural and critical viewpoint, as well as from the perspective of reception studies. Students will be expected to read texts critically

SKILLS AND ABILITIES
At the end of the course, students will be expected to be able to read critically some of the main texts of the twentieth-century British canon in the original language

CRITICAL THINKING AND SELF-ASSESSMENT
Students will be expected to be able to read texts critically by taking into account their features as well as their historical and cultural context. In addition, they are expected to acquire basic methodological competences for literary analysis

COMMUNICATION SKILLS
Students must be able to process and relate the course contents in English. They are also expected to acquire basic specialized vocabulary for the linguistic and literary analysis of texts

Contents

"THE CHALLENGE OF MODERNITY IN TWENTIETH-CENTURY BRITISH LITERATURE: TEXTS, MOVEMENTS, DEBATES"

The course focuses on the development of poetry and prose throughout the twentieth century. Specific focus will be placed on the innovations that characterize poetry and prose during Modernism, and on the ways in which postmodern literature exploits parody to re-write the past

Extended Syllabus

The course provides an introduction to the European cultural context between the end of the nineteenth and the beginning of the twentieth centuries with the rise of Modernism. After introducing the work of the so-called War Poets, the course follows a chronological perspective. The writings of E. M. Forster and T.S. Eliot will provide an introduction to the modernist innovations in porte and prose. Finally, the course examines John Fowles's novel to introduce students to postmodernism and the critical debate on re-writings and the parodic representation of the past

Primary texts:
- A selection of poems available on FAD
- E.M. Forster, Howards End, Penguin (or any other critical edition)
- T.S. Eliot, The Waste Land, any critical edition
- John Fowles, The French Lieutenant's Woman, any paperback edition

Critical texts:
- Marroni, Lauri-Lucente and Zulli, E. M. Forster Revisited, Merope, 61-62 (2015)
- Malcom Bradbury and James Macfarlane, Modernism, 1890-1930. A Guide to European Literature, Penguin, 1991
- Steve Ellis, T.S. Eliot, A Guide for the Perplexed, Continuum, 2009
- Zachary Leader, The Movement Reconsidered, Oxford University Press, 2009
- Linda Hutcheon, The Politics of Postmodernism, Routledge, 2002

Further articles and essays will be made available on FAD

Recommended Bibliography

PRIMARY TEXTS
- A selection of poems, available on FAD
- E.M. Forster, Howards End, Penguin (or any other critical edition)
- T.S. Eliot, The Waste Land, any critical edition
- John Fowles, The French Lieutanant's Woman, any English edition

CRITICAL TEXTS
- Marroni, Lauri-Lucente and Zulli, E. M. Forster Revisited, Merope, 61-62 (2015)
- Malcom Bradbury and James Macfarlane, Modernism, 1890-1930. A Guide to European Literature, Penguin, 1991
- Steve Ellis, T.S. Eliot, A Guide for the Perplexed, Continuum, 2009
- Linda Hutcheon, The Politics of Postmodernism, Routledge, 2002

Further articles and essays will be made available on FAD

Methods of Provision

Conventional

Teaching Methods

Lectures and debates; close reading of texts; AV resources students are expected to take active part in the class activities. Lectures may be integrated by seminars

Evaluation methods

Verification of learning:

The oral exam assesses the students’ knowledge of the course contents/reading list, their critical thinking skills, their ability to apply critical concepts to the analysis of texts, and their ability to communicate in English

Students will be graded as follows: 1-17 Fail, 18-21 satisfactory, 22-24 fairly good, 25-27 good, 28-29 very good, 30-30 cum laude excellent

Contacts/More Information

The course is taught in English

PPTs, handouts and other documents will be made available on the course website on FAD: https://fad.unich.it/user/index.php?id=1281

Università degli Studi
"G. d'Annunzio"

Chieti - Pescara

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