Eng426 20th century english literature

Secondary Materials

Graham, H.(1975).The Dark Sun: A Study of D.H Lawrence. Britain: Duckworth.
Lukacs, G. (1973).“The Ideology of Modernism.”Issues in Contemporary Criticism. Ed.
Gregory T. Polleta. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. Pp 712-733.
Matz, J. (2004).The Modern Novel: A Short Introduction. USA: Blackwell Publishing. Woolf, V. (1988).“Character in Fiction.”The Essays of Virginia Woolf.Vol. 3.Ed. Andrew
McNeilie. London: Hogarth Press. Pp 420-438.
-----.(1969). “Modern Fiction.”Modern British Fiction: Essays in Criticism.Ed. Mark Schorer. London: Oxford UP. Pp 3-10.
-----.(1988). “Mr Bennett and Mrs Brown.”The Essays of Virginia Woolf.Vol. 3.Ed.
Andrew McNeilie. London: Hogarth Press. Pp 384-389.

Course Marking Scheme

The following is an analysis of marks obtainable in this course

Assessment	Marks
Assignments	Four assignments of 10% each, out of which the best three are selected to make up 30% of the total marks
Final Examination	70% of the total course marks
Total	100% of course marks

Facilitators/Tutors and Tutorials

Fifteen tutorial hours are provided for in this course to enable the students and their tutors to meet and examine the contents of the course at intervals. You will be informed of the dates, time, and venue for these tutorials, along with the name and particulars of your tutor as soon as one is assigned to your group. Your tutor will grade and comment on your assignments, monitor your progress and provide answers to your questions during tutorials. You must submit your assignments in good time to enable your tutor to read them well and to make appropriate comments. Do not play with your tutorials or hesitate to consult your tutor when the need arises. Tutorials afford you opportunity to meet and discuss with your tutor face to face and they help you to get immediate answers to troubling questions. Apart from tutorials, you may consult your tutor when:

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  You do not understand any part of the study units;
  
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  You have difficulty understanding Self-Assessment Exercises or Tutor-Marked Assignment;
  
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  When you have problems with the tutor's comments on your assignments or their grading. To gain maximally from the tutorials, you ought to prepare a list of questions before attending them and you must endeavour to participate actively in discussions during tutorials.
  

Summary

This course deals with the history, socio-cultural milieu and major theories of the 20^th Century English Literature. It also analyses selected texts that best exemplify these factors. It will enable you to understand for example, the events that shape the English literature of this period. It provides insight into the main three genres of literature namely prose, poetry and drama. It explains the preoccupations of prominent English writers, whose works depict among other things, the culture, writing styles and history of the 20^th Century English society.
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