ENG30810 American Literature Between the Wars

Academic Year 2018/2019

The decades spanning the beginning of WWI and WWII mark a period of unprecedented literary experimentation and innovation in Amerivan Literature. This course will examine texts by well known poets and novelists such as T.S. Eliot, Gertrude Stein and Ernest Hemingway along with less familiar works by Hilda Doolittle, Jean Toomer and Nathanael West. While the course does not aim to be an exhaustive survey, it attempts to chronicle the multiple aesthetic and cultural responses to the period. Attention will be given to the key ideas proposed by the writers' individual essays and manifestos. Overall we will consider how literary experimentation may reflect wider considerations of nationalism, race, social critique and gender.

PLEASE NOTE that the School of English, Drama and Film reserves the right to withdraw modules in the period up to and including the first week of the teaching semester.

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Curricular information is subject to change

Learning Outcomes:

An ability to link the theorisation of literature to praxis. Introduces students to a variety of American literatures in their cultural contexts. Enable students to identify different approaches towards experimentation and innovation as well as introduce ideas of cross genre work, ideas of form and the ideal of an 'American' Literary practice from many perspectives. Preparation of essay proposal and individual researched final essay.

Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Seminar (or Webinar)

12
Specified Learning Activities

36
Autonomous Student Learning

52
Total

100
 
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations
Learning Requirements:

Before registering for this module, students must have completed TWO of the Level 2 modules listed.

Learning Exclusions:

ENG20220 American Literature Between the Wars

Learning Recommendations:

Co-Core level 2 module in Modern American Literature (ENG20430)



Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Incompatibles:
American Literature Between th (ENG20220)

Equivalents:
American Literature Between th (ENG20220)

 
Description % of Final Grade Timing
Essay: 3,000 words research essay

75

 Coursework (End of Trimester)
Continuous Assessment: Attendance, Contribution and Written Tasks

25

 Unspecified

Compensation

This module is not passable by compensation

Resit Opportunities

In-semester assessment

Remediation

Students who fail this module will need to repeat or resit the module depending on the availability of the module in the following semester. If you have failed, please contact the Academic Support Officer for information on how to remediate the module. If you are taking this module as an option or an elective, you may be able to substitute another module. Check with your Programme Office if this is possible.