Module Specifications..
Current Academic Year 2023 - 2024
Please note that this information is subject to change.
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Description This module will both describe and explore the intellectual history of Modernism and Postmodernism, and also differentiate between those concepts and what is described as modern and postmodern style. The sessions will focus on the political contexts in which modernism and postmodernism become active, and also engage with the aesthetic implications of the terms. There will also be a particular focus on the difference between a modern and postmodern reader, with a due sense of the social context in which all readings occur. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Learning Outcomes 1. Discuss the problematic conceptual history of Modernism and Postmodernism 2. Know the various social and cultural contexts in which Modernism and Postmodernism emerged 3. Understand the various generic and formal manifestations of modernism and postmodernism in poetry, fiction and dramatic arts 4. Assess the ongoing status of terms such as modern and postmodern 5. Appreciate the relationship of modernism and postmodernism to radical change in society, both national and transnational 6. Interrogate radical and challenging texts | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml |
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Indicative Content and Learning Activities
Modernist PoeticsW.B. Yeats, Wallace Stevens, William Carlos Williams, Ezra Pound, Gertrude Stein, D.H. Lawrence, T.S. EliotModernist PoliticsYeats and the Nation StateModernist FilmLeni Riefenstahl Triumph of the Will, HitchcockModernist FictionJoyce, Woolf, Faulkner, Krazy KatPostmodern FictionsSamuel Beckett, Donald Barthelme, Toni Morrison, Don de Lillo, Philip Roth, John Kennedy Toole, Eimear Mac BridePostmodern PoeticsAllen Ginsberg, Frank O’Hara, The Beatles, Hip-Hop, Medbh McGuckian, Performance PoetryPostmodern CinemaNew FormsVideo Games, Hypertext, The Graphic Novel | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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