HUM 560U Humanities Colloquium: Literary Modernisms
This course explores transatlantic fictional works from the turn of the twentieth century to the 1930s. Considering novels and short stories by American and British writers, the seminar examines the dynamic internationalism involved in the development of modernist literature. Critical attention throughout the semester will focus on the interrelations of texts and contexts. Investigations into the artistic movements and aesthetic features that define the era's many modernisms will combine with inquiries into issues of nation and empire, as well as cultural constructions of gender, class, and race. Selections range from the prewar, wartime, and postwar periods; authors may include Cather, Conrad, Daly, Fitzgerald, Forster, Hemingway, Hurston, Joyce, Mansfield, and Woolf.
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As Needed