Program Overview

LIT301 Modernism

The subject is a study of major works of literature in English of the era, an era in which the loss of faith in traditional authority that characterises modernity in general became particularly evident in the literary realm (and the aesthetic realm in general). The subject not only focuses on key literary texts of the era, but also interrogates the problematic concepts of 'the modern' and of 'modernism', an interrogation which broaches issues of gender and race.

Subject Outlines

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Availability

Session 1 (30)

• On Campus: Bathurst Campus
• Online: Wagga Wagga Campus Continuing students should consult the SAL for current offering details: LIT301. Where differences exist between the Handbook and the SAL, the SAL should be taken as containing the correct subject offering details.

Subject Information

Grading System

HD/FL

Duration

One session

School

School of Humanities and Social Sciences

Assumed Knowledge

LIT1%

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this subject, students should:

• be able to demonstrate a knowledge of how to read literary texts that consciously break with traditional modes of representation
• be able to demonstrate an awareness of historical factors that have contributed to the development of literary experimentation in the era of high modernism
• be able to demonstrate a knowledge of the theoretical issues at stake in thematising the concepts of the modern and of modernism

Syllabus

This subject will cover the following topics:

• Study of major modernist literary works of the era
• Analysis of issues that arise out of the break (which marks these texts) with traditional modes of literary representation
• Interrogation of concepts of the modern, modernism and modernity