LITERATURE
Modern Literature
SPRING LN268
Wednesdays
Liam Lanigan
At the turn of the twentieth century there was an explosion in literary experimentation as writers sought out ways of coming to terms with the extraordinary technological and social changes that were making the world both a more exciting and more challenging place to live. The course will introduce some of these stylistic innovations, encouraging participants to consider how and why writers in this era began to re-think the relationship between the written word and the changing world they sought to depict. Examining a range of poetry and fiction from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, this course will consider how writers have taken up Ezra Pound’s challenge to “make it new”. The scope of the course will be global, exploring how writers from very different social and cultural worlds responded to the rapid, often cataclysmic changes of modernity to generate new and exciting literatures. The Spring course will deal with a different set of texts and is open to both new and continuing students.
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BLACKROCK |
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8 Wednesdays |
Jan 30, Feb 6, 13, 20, 27, Mar 6,13, 20 |
10.00am - 12.00pm |
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Fee €155 |
Print Open Learning Application Form or ring (01) 716-7123 for Laser/credit card payment |
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Tutor Details:
Liam Lanigan is a lecturer at UCD, where he received his doctorate in 2011 for a dissertation on James Joyce. He also teaches at NUI Maynooth, and has been a lecturer at the University of Kaposva'r, Hungary. He is the author of several articles on Joyce and Irish writing.
The Texts for this course will be discussed with the students during the Autumn Course
