Course details

Name: ENGL - 357

Title: POSTWAR BRITISH FICTION

Section: 01

Semester: Spring - 2016

Credits: 3

Description:
The years between World War Two and the fall of the Berlin Wall saw momentous changes in Great Britain just as they did in the United States and around the globe. How was Great Britain changed by the Cold War, the rise of the welfare state, the end of the British Empire, the demographic transformation stemming from an influx of former colonial subjects, the women's and gay rights movements, and the rise of youth culture?

In this course we will begin to answer these question by focusing on two very popular subgenres, the DYSTOPIA and the CAMPUS NOVEL, which in very different ways register and respond to these many social, political, and historical questions. We will read historically significant examples of both genres, written by both men and women, over a half-century.

Novels will likely include: Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four; Burgess, A Clockwork Orange; Ballard, The Drowned World; Carter, Passion of New Eve; Amis, Lucky Jim; Spark, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie; Lodge, Changing Places.

Last updated on 2015-10-28 By Greenberg Jonathan (greenbergj)

Schedule: Tuesday,Thursday From 12:00 am To 12:00 am

Graduation requirements:

• Any Literature (1e)
• Genre Study (Fiction)
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• Post-1900 (1d)
• Women and Gender Studies (3c)
• Class Issues (3d)

Teaching Faculty: Greenberg Jonathan (greenbergj)

Is course canceled: No