Lecturer in charge: Dr Victor Chang [Room 55 – New Arts Block]

The course will examine approaches to Early Modern British Prose Fiction in the 20th century, from the traditional to the experimental. It will explore some of the techniques and concerns of modem fiction, through a detailed study of four texts.

Prerequisite: LITS 1002 (E10B)

Instruction: 2 lectures and 1 tutorial per week

Evaluation: One coursework essay (2,500 words) 20%
Two in-class tests 16%
Class presentation 4%
Final 2-hour exam (2 answers) 60%

Prescribed Texts:

Greene, Graham. The Power and the Glory (Penguin pb)
Joyce, James. Dubliners (Penguin pb)
Lawrence, D. H. Sons and Lovers (Penguin pb)
Woolf , Virginia . To the Lighthouse (Penguin pb)

Highly Recommended:

Beja, Morris, ed. James Joyce: Dubliners and a Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man : A Casebook (Macmillan pb)
Beja, Morris, ed. Virginia Woolf: To the Lighthouse: A Casebook (Macmillan pb)
Ford, Boris ed. New Pelican Guide to English Literature , Vol. 7: From James to Eliot (Penguin pb)
Salgado, Gamini, ed. D.H. Lawrence: Sons and Lovers: A Casebook (Macmillan pb)