| Module Title |
Modernism |
| Module Code |
LIT1036 (ITS: EL307) |
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Faculty |
English |
School |
Humanities & Social Sciences |
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NFQ level |
8 |
Credit Rating |
5 |
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Description
This module will equip students with a knowledge of the development of literary modernism in the context of the broader philosophical and artistic modernist movement. A selection of modernist prose, poetry, drama and film will be analysed in detail to uncover common concerns and strategies.
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Learning Outcomes
1. Identify the socio-historical and artistic factors that created the environment for modernism to emerge
2. Become familiar with the artistic philosophies of modernist writers
3. Identify the literary strategies that characterise modernist writing
4. Describe the relationship between modernist writers and their national, social and cultural contexts
5. Have an awareness of how the end of modernism becomes the beginning of postmodernism
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| Workload | Full time hours per semester | | Type | Hours | Description |
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| Lecture | 24 | No Description | | Assignment Completion | 12 | No Description | | Assessment Feedback | 1 | No Description | | Independent Study | 88 | No Description |
| Total Workload: 125 |
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| Section Breakdown | | CRN | 20658 | Part of Term | Semester 2 | | Coursework | 0% | Examination Weight | 0% | | Grade Scale | 40PASS | Pass Both Elements | Y | | Resit Category | RC1 | Best Mark | N | | Module Co-ordinator | Paula Murphy | Module Teacher | Gearoid O'Flaherty, Kit Fryatt |
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| Assessment Breakdown |
| Type | Description | % of total | Assessment Date |
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| Assignment | Short assessment task | 10% | n/a | | Essay | n/a | 20% | n/a | | Assignment | End of semester assignment comprised of two essay questions. | 70% | Sem 2 End |
| Reassessment Requirement Type |
Resit arrangements are explained by the following categories;
RC1: A resit is available for both* components of the module.
RC2: No resit is available for a 100% coursework module.
RC3: No resit is available for the coursework component where there is a coursework and summative examination element.
* ‘Both’ is used in the context of the module having a coursework/summative examination split; where the module is 100% coursework, there will also be a resit of the assessment
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Pre-requisite |
None
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Co-requisite |
None |
| Compatibles |
None |
| Incompatibles |
None |
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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 Film
e.g. Fritz Lang, Charlie Chaplin
Modernist poetry
Gertrude Stein, Tender Buttons (1914), T.S. Eliot, The Waste Land (1922), Harlem Renaissance poetry
Modernist Fiction
Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness (1899), Virginia Woolf, Orlando (1928), James Joyce, Ulysses (1922)
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Indicative Reading List
Books:
- Gabrielle Macintyre: 0, Modernism, Memory, and Desire: T.S. Eliot and Virginia Woolf,
- Robert McParland: 0, Film and Literary Modernism,
- David Ayres: 0, Modernism: A Short Introduction,
- Joe Cleary: 0, The Cambridge Companion to Irish Modernism,
- Pericles Lewis: 0, The Cambridge Introduction to Modernism,
- Laura A. Wienkiel: 0, Modernism, Race and Manifestos,
- Paul Brantlinger: 0, Rule of Darkness: British Literature and Imperialism, 1830-1914,
- Colleen Lamos: 0, Deviant Modernism: Sexual and Textual Errancy in T.S. Eliot, James Joyce, and Marcel Proust,
- Paul Sheehan: 0, Modernism, Narrative and Humanism,
- Len Platt: 0, Modernism and Race,
Articles:
None |
Other Resources
None |
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