ULYSSES & BRITISH MODERNISM (CL3073)

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

Discipline:

CL (Comparative Literature)

Type:

Regular

Level:

Undergraduate

Credits:

Can be taken twice for credit?:

Pre-requisites:

None

Co-requisites:

None

Learning Outcomes

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.

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Term	Code	Name
Spring 2025	CL3073	ULYSSES & BRITISH MODERNISM

ULYSSES & BRITISH MODERNISM (CL3073)

Learning Outcomes

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