Module: Postmodernism

Module Specifications..

Current Academic Year 2023 - 2024

Please note that this information is subject to change.

Module Title	Postmodernism
Module Code	EL401
School	67
Module Co-ordinator	Semester 1: Michael Hinds Semester 2: Michael Hinds Autumn: Michael Hinds
Module Teachers	Michael Hinds
NFQ level	8	Credit Rating	5
Pre-requisite	None
Co-requisite	None
Compatibles	None
Incompatibles	None

Coursework Only

Description

The aim of this module is to introduce students to a range of modernist and postmodernist narrative by Irish, British and American writers of the twentieth century

Learning Outcomes

1. Describe how postmodermism developed out of modernism and identify its distinguishing features
2. Understand the relationship between postmodernist literature and broad movements in the arts in general
3. Articulate the relationship between postmodern culture and technology
4. Describe the treatment of postmodern concepts in selected postmodern films
5. Discuss the variety of poetic responses to postmodernism
6. Understand the significance of key postmodernist theoretical writings by Barthes, Lyotard and Baudrillard.

*Type*	*Hours*	*Description*
Workload	Full-time hours per semester
Lecture	24	No Description
Independent Study	54	reading, researching, analysing
Seminars	6	Screenings and discussions of postmodern films
Assignment Completion	40	Completion of two assignments, the first an in-depth analysis of a specific postmodernist text/ film, the second a description of a postmodernist concept traced through several texts/films.
Assessment Feedback	1	No Description
Total Workload: 125

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

Indicative Content and Learning Activities

Toni Morrison
Beloved

Don de Lillo
White Noise

Art Spiegelman
MAUS

Donald Barthelme
City Life

Samuel Beckett
Fizzles

Spike Jonze
Her

David Lynch
Blue Velvet

George Saunders
Pastoralia

Postmodern Poetry
Sound Poetry, Visual/Concrete Poetry, Unoriginality

Assessment Breakdown
Continuous Assessment	100%	Examination Weight	0%

Type	Description	% of total	Assessment Date
Course Work Breakdown
Portfolio	The students will be assessed via a portfolio of responses, containing both an essay relating to key texts and concepts on the module, as well as their contributions to module web forums.	100%	n/a

Reassessment Requirement Type
Resit arrangements are explained by the following categories; 1 = A resit is available for all components of the module 2 = No resit is available for 100% continuous assessment module 3 = No resit is available for the continuous assessment component
This module is category 1

Indicative Reading List

Toni Morrison: 1993, Playing in the Dark: Whiteness and the Literary Imagination, Vintage Press, New York,
Moretti, Franco: 2004, The Novel (2 vols), Princeton, New York,
Jean Baudrillard: 2002, Selected Writings, Stanford University Press, 978-080474273
Jean Francois Lyotard: 1984, The Postmodern Condition: A Report on Knowledge, University of Minnesota Press,
Roland Barthes: 1978, Image, Music, Text, Hill and Wang,
Paul Hoover: 2013, Postmodern American Poetry: A Norton Anthology, W.W. Norton,

Other Resources

None

Programme or List of Programmes

AFU	Age Friendly University Programme
BRE	Bachelor of Religious Education &English
BREDE	Bachelor of Religious Education &English

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