Reads Joyce's Ulysses in depth, and in the context of British modernist culture. Supporting readings include works by Wyndham Lewis and Virginia Woolf, and documents from contemporary periodicals. Articulates the relationships between stylistic creativity and the imagination of new possibilities for living, arguing that stylistic innovation attempts seriously and productively to grasp the emerging difficulties and opportunities of late capitalism.
Code
CL3073
Name
ULYSSES & BRITISH MODERNISM
Credits
4
Pre-requisites
None
Co-requisites
None
Can be taken twice for credit?
No
Discipline
CL (Comparative Literature)
Level
Undergraduate
Type
Regular
CAMS ID
2593
Last update with CAMS
learn to read experimental modernist prose closely, in its historical context.
understand how several different modes of theorisation (historicism, cultural materialism, genetic criticism, deconstruction, psychoanalytic approaches) can be applied to Joyce’s Ulysses, and have emerged from readings of the text.
will explore and analyse the role of creative experiment in psychological and social processes under modernity.