54705 - English Literature 3 (M-Z)

Course contents

Dubliners (and beyond)

The course is divided into two parts: in the first group of lessons, the main aspects of XX century British and Irish literature, from Modernism to the Fifties, will be investigated; in the second group of lessons Dubliners by James Joyce will be analyzed.

Readings/Bibliography

James Joyce, Dubliners

Secondary sources:

1) Terence Brown, “Introduction”, in J. Joyce, Dubliners, London, Penguin, 1992, pp. vii-xlix

2) Daniel R. Schwarz, “Biographical and Historical Context” e “A Critical History of ‘The Dead'”, in J. Joyce, The Dead, Boston, Bedford Books, 1994, pp. 3-20 e 63-84.

3) Andrew Gibson, “Il passato. Gente di Dublino” in James Joyce, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2008, pp. 73-81.

 

On some of the stories:

4) David G. Wright, “Interactive Stories in Dubliners”, in J. Joyce, Dubliners, New York, Norton, 2006, pp. 253-61

5) Margot Norris, “The Perils of ‘Eveline'”, in ibidem, pp. 283-298

6) Morris Beja, “Farrington the Scrivener: A Story of Dame Street”, in ibidem, pp. 317-327

7) Roberta Jackson, “The Open Closet in Dubliners: James Duffy's Painful Case”, in ibidem, pp. 327-341

 

On “The Dead”:

8) Daniel R. Schwarz, “Gabriel Conroy's Psyche” in J. Joyce, The Dead, Boston, Bedford Books, 1994, pp. 102-124.

9) Michael Levenson, “Living History in ‘The Dead'”, in ibidem, pp. 163-177

10) Margot Norris, “Not the Girl She Was at All: Women in ‘The Dead'”, in ibidem, pp. 190-205

20th Century British Literature
J. Conrad, Heart of Darkness
W.B. Yeats, "No Second Troy", "A Coat", "September 1913", "Easter 1916", "The Second Coming", "Leda and the Swan"
T.S. Eliot, The Waste Land
V. Woolf, Mrs Dalloway
G. Orwell, 1984
S. Beckett, Endgame


Further bibliographical information on 20th Century British Literature will be provided at the beginning of the course.

Assessment methods

Written test on XX century literature and oral exam on Dubliners. For exchange students: an essay in English on one or more topics of the course, approved by the teacher, could substitute part of the oral exam.

Office hours

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