A survey of literary works that reimagine and
expand the scope of the novel and short story,
beginning with and emphasizing early-20th-century
experiments with form and ending with
consideration of recent and emerging new voices.
Responses to crises and aftermaths of two world
wars, major cultural changes, and global
geopolitical shifts, producing fiction that gives
voice to transition, instability, and
possibility. Radical innovations by modernist
writers such as James Joyce and Virginia Woolf;
novels that pose challenging philosophical and
social questions; writing that pushes boundaries,
reinvents tradition, and envisions new horizons.
While emphasis is on fiction, some poetry will be
included as well. Authors may include Joyce,
Woolf, E.M. Forster, Joseph Conrad, D.H.
Lawrence, Katherine Mansfield, Elizabeth Bowen,
Samuel Beckett.
expand the scope of the novel and short story,
beginning with and emphasizing early-20th-century
experiments with form and ending with
consideration of recent and emerging new voices.
Responses to crises and aftermaths of two world
wars, major cultural changes, and global
geopolitical shifts, producing fiction that gives
voice to transition, instability, and
possibility. Radical innovations by modernist
writers such as James Joyce and Virginia Woolf;
novels that pose challenging philosophical and
social questions; writing that pushes boundaries,
reinvents tradition, and envisions new horizons.
While emphasis is on fiction, some poetry will be
included as well. Authors may include Joyce,
Woolf, E.M. Forster, Joseph Conrad, D.H.
Lawrence, Katherine Mansfield, Elizabeth Bowen,
Samuel Beckett.
- Teacher: Rishona Zimring