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Twentieth-Century British Literature

This course is designed and devoted to a study of seminal twentieth-century British writers and texts, shaped by era-defining historical and cultural events and movements. Students are exposed to the various periods of British literature and the ideas and forces that fashioned the writing of the century.

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Ivana V

Adult
English

15 HOURS

15 LESSONS

Twentieth-Century British Literature

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Course Overview


This programme focuses on historical, as well as literary themes through reading, writing, listening and speaking. Students will discuss the analysis, interpretation and appreciation of the many aspects of British literature. By the end of the course, students will have developed a confident familiarity with the twentieth-century British literary scene, while also acquiring a firm grasp on the ways in which ideas can be communicated. Students will also be able to apply specific criteria, pertinent to the cultural context, to analyse and interpret primary literary texts of diverse background and genres. The programme begins with introductory notes on Modernism and Edwardian beginnings, and the challenges of the imperial world (Joseph Conrad). From there, students proceed to the poetry of the First World War and the art, politics, and history in W.B.Yeats‘ poetry, followed by T.S. Eliot and ‘Alienation of Modern Man.’ Students will touch upon the issue of finding a new perspective in poetry with the poetry of the Imagists (Ezra Pound and Amy Lowell) and discuss the modernist experimentation in prose of James Joyce and Virginia Woolf. The course wraps up with The British Empire in the writing of E.M. Forster, and Post-WWII Britain in the poetry of Philip Larkin.

Course Content


15 LESSONS

15 HOURS Total Length

Lesson 1

Introduction to Modernism

60 minutes

Lesson 2

The Challenges of the Imperial World

60 minutes

Lesson 3

Joseph Conrad and ‘Heart of Darkness’

60 minutes

Lesson 4

War Poets

60 minutes

Lesson 5

The Art, Politics, and History In W.B.Yeats‘ Poetry

60 minutes

Lesson 6

T.S. Eliot and ‘Alienation of Modern Man’

60 minutes

Lesson 7

T.S. Eliot and ‘The Waste Land’

60 minutes

Lesson 8

The Poetry of Imagists

60 minutes

Lesson 9

James Joyce and the Modernist Experimentation in Prose

60 minutes

Lesson 10

James Joyce and ‘The Dead’

60 minutes

Lesson 11

Virginia Woolf and the Stream of Consciousness

60 minutes

Lesson 12

Virginia Woolf and ‘To the Lighthouse’

60 minutes

Lesson 13

The British Empire in the Writing of E.M. Forster

60 minutes

Lesson 14

E.M. Forster and ‘A Passage to India’

60 minutes

Lesson 15

Philip Larkin and Post-WWII Britain

60 minutes

Key Skills


Critical Thinking

Text Analysis

Literary Analysis

Historical Context

Educator

Ivana V

English Language Educator

Ivana has been teaching English professionally for over 10 years to students of all ages and backgrounds. She is dedicated to designing lessons that meet the needs, learning style and pace of the student.

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