Eng426 20th century english literature

4.0 CONCLUSION

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie has been studied as a novel that focuses on fascism. Her desire to control the lives of the Brodie set at an impressionable age of ten makes Jean Brodie discard the curriculum and mold the girls’ lives in a way that destroys their individual personality and worldview. As a postmodernist novel, it draws the reader’s attention to the importance of education in the development of young minds.

Self-Assessment Exercise

Examine at least three themes explored in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

5.0 SUMMARY

In this Unit, you have studied the life of Muriel Spark and her novel The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie. Through the depiction of characters and discussion of some of the author’s concerns and style, you are able to see a postmodernist representation of the twentieth century English society.

6.0 TUTOR-MARKED ASSIGNMENT

Justify the classification of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie as a postmodernist novel.

7.0 REFERENCES/FURTHER READING

Spark, M. (2000).The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie. London: Penguin Group.
Scanlan, M. (2000). “The recuperation of history in British and Irish fiction” in B.W. Shaffer B.W (ed) A Companion to the British and Irish Novel: 1945- 2000, Oxford: Blackwell Publishing. 144- 159.

Links www.researchgate.net link.springer.com theses.gla.ac.uk scholarcommons.sc.edu www.cambridgescholars.com

UNIT 4: Kazuo Ishiguro’s The Remains of the Day
Content
1.0 Introduction
2.0 Objectives

0. 
   Main Content
   
1. 
   Kazuo Ishiguro
   
2. 
   The Remains of The Day
   
3. 
   Themes And Techniques in The Remains Of The Day
   

4.0 Conclusion
5.0 Summary
6.0 Tutor-Marked Assignment
7.0 References/Further Reading