Course / MODERN BRITISH NOVEL
Status of the course / ELECTIVE
Year / 2017/ 2018 / Semester / V
ECTS credits / 4
Teacher / DOC.DR.SC. VESNA UKIĆ KOŠTA
consultation hours
Associate / assistant / DR.SC. MONIKA BREGOVIĆ
e-mail /
Consultation hours
Place of teaching
Teaching methods / LECTURES/ SEMINARS
Teaching workload
Lectures + Seminars + Exercises / 2+1+0
Examination methods / 2 EXAMS (MIDTERM, END-OF-TERM), ORAL PRESENTATION, FINAL EXAM
Start date / End date
Colloquia / 1. term / 2. term / 3. term / 4. term
Examination period / 1. term / 2. term / 3. term / 4. term
Learning outcomes /
- To provide a historical overview of modern British literature
- To examine the broad political, social and cultural contexts in which the modern British novel appeared
- To acquire a set of theoretical approaches and key terms for analyzing literature
- The ability to use the web as a source of research and information
- The ability to work independantly
- The ability to share ideas with peers
- The ability to present ideas clearly in speaking and writing
Enrolment prerequisites / Students should be enrolled in the 5th semester.
Course subject / The course provides an overview of modern British literature (V.Woolf: Mrs Dalloway, The Waves; J.Conrad: Heart of Darkness; J. Joyce: Ulysses, Finnegan's Wake; A. Huxley: Brave New World; G. Greene: The Ministry of Fear ). During the course, the students will become acquainted with modernist narrative techniques (e.g. stream of consciousness). Selected works of literature will be analyzed with respect to their cultural and historical context (critique of imperialism, the development of new technologies, the influence of psychoanalysis on literature etc.)
Required reading / Novels:
Joseph Conrad: Heart of Darkness. Dover Publications. 2009.
Aldous Huxley: Brave New World. Harper Perennial. 2006.
Graham Greene: The Ministry of Fear. Penguin Classics. 2005.
James Joyce: Ulysses. Wordsworth Editions. 2010.
James Joyce: Finnegan's Wake. Penguin Classics. 1999.
Virginia Woolf: Mrs Dalloway. Mariner Books. 2009.
Virginia Woolf: The Waves. Albatross Publishers. 2017.
Critical reading:
Harold Bloom (ed.): Aldous Huxley. Blooms Literary Criticism. 2010.
Harold Bloom (ed.): Graham Greene. Chelsea House Publications. 1987.
Christopher Butler, Modernism, Oxford University Press. 2010.
The New Cambridge Comanion to Joseph Conrad.Cambridge University Press. 2014.
The Longman Anthology of British Literature; Volume 2C: The Twentieth Century, 2nd Edition. Pearson. 2009.
The Cambridge Companion to Virginia Woolf. Cambridge University Press. 2000.
The Cambridge Companion to James Joyce. Cambridge University Press. 2004.
Patricia Waugh: Revolutions of the Word: IntellectualContexts for the Study of Modern Literature.. Arnold 1997.
Additional reading / Paul Crosthwaite, Trauma,Postmodernism and the Aftermath of World War II: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
Umberto Eco: The Aesthetics of Chaosmos: TheMiddle Ages of James Joyce, Harvard UP, 1962.
Edward James (ed.): The CambridgeCompanion to Sience Fiction, Cambridge University Press, 2003.
The Norton Anthology of English Literature. W.W.Norton, 2012.
Andrew Sanders (ed.): Short Oxford History of English Literature, Oxford University Press, 2004.
Andrew Thacker (ed.): Geographies of Modernism, Routledge, 2005.
Internet resources / /
Quality assurance / Student surveys
Conditions for obtaining signatures / A minimum of 80 % of class attendance; oral presentations.
Assignments of the credits for colloquia, seminars, exercises, exams / 1 ECTS – attendance and class participation
1 ECTS – oral presentations
2 ECTS – preparation for written exams
Assignments of the final grade / The grades will be based on class participation (30%), two exams (miterm, end-of-term, 30% each), and final oral examination (10%).
Remarks / -
Teaching topics – lectures
No. / Date / Title / Literature
1. / Introductory lecture.
2. / Modernism in literature. / Christopher Butler, Modernism, Oxford University Press. 2010.
The Longman Anthology of British Literature; Volume 2C: The Twentieth Century, 2nd Edition. Pearson. 2009.
3. / Virginia Woolf: Mrs.Dalloway / Christopher Butler, Modernism, Oxford University Press. 2010.
The Cambridge Companion to Virginia Woolf. Cambridge University Press. 2000. Patricia Waugh. Revolutions of the Word: IntellectualContexts for the Study of Modern Literature.. Arnold 1997.
4. / . / Virginia Woolf: The Waves / Christopher Butler, Modernism, Oxford University Press. 2010.
The Cambridge Companion to Virginia Woolf. Cambridge University Press. 2000. Patricia Waugh. Revolutions of the Word: IntellectualContexts for the Study of Modern Literature.. Arnold 1997.
5. / Joseph Conrad: Heart of Darkness / Christopher Butler, Modernism, Oxford University Press. 2010.
Patricia Waugh. Revolutions of the Word: IntellectualContexts for the Study of Modern Literature.. Arnold 1997. The New Cambridge Comanion to Joseph Conrad.Cambridge University Press. 2014.
6. / Joseph Conrad: Heart of Darkness / Christopher Butler, Modernism, Oxford University Press. 2010.
Patricia Waugh. Revolutions of the Word: IntellectualContexts for the Study of Modern Literature.. Arnold 1997. The New Cambridge Comanion to Joseph Conrad.Cambridge University Press. 2014.
7. / James Joyce: Ulysses / The Cambridge Companion to James Joyce. Cambridge University Press. 2004. Umberto Eco, The Aesthetics of Chaosmos: TheMiddle Ages of James Joyce, Harvard UP, 1962. Patricia Waugh. Revolutions of the Word: IntellectualContexts for the Study of Modern Literature.. Arnold 1997.
8. / James Joyce: Ulysses. Finnegan's Wake / The Cambridge Companion to James Joyce. Cambridge University Press. 2004. Umberto Eco, The Aesthetics of Chaosmos: TheMiddle Ages of James Joyce, Harvard UP, 1962. Patricia Waugh. Revolutions of the Word: IntellectualContexts for the Study of Modern Literature.. Arnold 1997
9. / James Joyce: Finnegan's Wake / The Cambridge Companion to James Joyce. Cambridge University Press. 2004. Umberto Eco, The Aesthetics of Chaosmos: TheMiddle Ages of James Joyce, Harvard UP, 1962. Patricia Waugh. Revolutions of the Word: IntellectualContexts for the Study of Modern Literature.. Arnold 1997.
10. / Aldous Huxley: Brave New World / Harold Bloom (ed.): Aldous Huxley. Blooms Literary Criticism. 2010. The Longman Anthology of British Literature; Volume 2C: The Twentieth Century, 2nd Edition. Pearson. 2009.
11. / Aldous Huxley: Brave New World / Harold Bloom (ed.): Aldous Huxley. Blooms Literary Criticism. 2010. The Longman Anthology of British Literature; Volume 2C: The Twentieth Century, 2nd Edition. Pearson. 2009.
12. / Graham Greene: The Ministry of Fear / Harold Bloom (ed.): Graham Greene. Chelsea House Publications. 1987. The Longman Anthology of British Literature; Volume 2C: The Twentieth Century, 2nd Edition. Pearson. 2009.
13. / Graham Greene: The Ministry of Fear / Harold Bloom (ed.): Graham Greene. Chelsea House Publications. 1987. The Longman Anthology of British Literature; Volume 2C: The Twentieth Century, 2nd Edition. Pearson. 2009.
14. / Film
15. / Final lecture.
Seminars
No. / Date / Title / Literature
1. / Introductory lecture.
2. / Modernism in literature. / Christopher Butler, Modernism, Oxford University Press. 2010.
The Longman Anthology of British Literature; Volume 2C: The Twentieth Century, 2nd Edition. Pearson. 2009.
3. / Virginia Woolf: Mrs.Dalloway / Christopher Butler, Modernism, Oxford University Press. 2010.
The Cambridge Companion to Virginia Woolf. Cambridge University Press. 2000. Patricia Waugh. Revolutions of the Word: IntellectualContexts for the Study of Modern Literature.. Arnold 1997.
4. / Virginia Woolf: The Waves / Christopher Butler, Modernism, Oxford University Press. 2010.
The Cambridge Companion to Virginia Woolf. Cambridge University Press. 2000. Patricia Waugh. Revolutions of the Word: IntellectualContexts for the Study of Modern Literature.. Arnold 1997.
5. / Joseph Conrad: Heart of Darkness / Christopher Butler, Modernism, Oxford University Press. 2010.
Patricia Waugh. Revolutions of the Word: IntellectualContexts for the Study of Modern Literature.. Arnold 1997. The New Cambridge Comanion to Joseph Conrad.Cambridge University Press. 2014.
6. / Joseph Conrad: Heart of Darkness / Christopher Butler, Modernism, Oxford University Press. 2010.
Patricia Waugh. Revolutions of the Word: IntellectualContexts for the Study of Modern Literature.. Arnold 1997. The New Cambridge Comanion to Joseph Conrad.Cambridge University Press. 2014.
7. / James Joyce: Ulysses / The Cambridge Companion to James Joyce. Cambridge University Press. 2004. Umberto Eco, The Aesthetics of Chaosmos: TheMiddle Ages of James Joyce, Harvard UP, 1962. Patricia Waugh. Revolutions of the Word: IntellectualContexts for the Study of Modern Literature.. Arnold 1997.
8. / James Joyce: Ulysses. Finnegan's Wake / The Cambridge Companion to James Joyce. Cambridge University Press. 2004. Umberto Eco, The Aesthetics of Chaosmos: TheMiddle Ages of James Joyce, Harvard UP, 1962. Patricia Waugh. Revolutions of the Word: IntellectualContexts for the Study of Modern Literature.. Arnold 1997
9. / James Joyce: Finnegan's Wake / The Cambridge Companion to James Joyce. Cambridge University Press. 2004. Umberto Eco, The Aesthetics of Chaosmos: TheMiddle Ages of James Joyce, Harvard UP, 1962. Patricia Waugh. Revolutions of the Word: IntellectualContexts for the Study of Modern Literature.. Arnold 1997.
10. / Aldous Huxley: Brave New World / Harold Bloom (ed.): Aldous Huxley. Blooms Literary Criticism. 2010. The Longman Anthology of British Literature; Volume 2C: The Twentieth Century, 2nd Edition. Pearson. 2009.
11. / Aldous Huxley: Brave New World / Harold Bloom (ed.): Aldous Huxley. Blooms Literary Criticism. 2010. The Longman Anthology of British Literature; Volume 2C: The Twentieth Century, 2nd Edition. Pearson. 2009.
12. / Graham Greene: The Ministry of Fear / Harold Bloom (ed.): Graham Greene. Chelsea House Publications. 1987. The Longman Anthology of British Literature; Volume 2C: The Twentieth Century, 2nd Edition. Pearson. 2009.
13. / Graham Greene: The Ministry of Fear / Harold Bloom (ed.): Graham Greene. Chelsea House Publications. 1987. The Longman Anthology of British Literature; Volume 2C: The Twentieth Century, 2nd Edition. Pearson. 2009.
14. / Film.
15. / Final lecture.
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Teacher: Monika Bregović