This course takes a journey in modern fiction from Thomas Hardy (1840–1928) to Virginia Woolf (1882–1941). (Image courtesy of dorsetforyou.com for the left image and Pedro Villarrubia for the right on Flickr. cc: by-nc-sa)
Instructor(s)
Prof. James Buzard
MIT Course Number
21L.485
As Taught In
Fall 2015
Level
Undergraduate
Course Description
Course Features
Course Description
Tradition and innovation in representative fiction of the early modern period. Recurring themes include the role of the artist in the modern period; the representation of psychological and sexual experience; and the virtues (and defects) of the aggressively experimental character. Works by Conrad, Kipling, Babel, Kafka, James, Lawrence, Mann, Ford Madox Ford, Joyce, Woolf, Faulkner, and Nabokov.
