Course contents
Urban and rural spaces in twentieth-century English literature.
The texts that will be analysed are in the Norton Anthology of English Literature, ninth edition, Volume 2, or Volume F: The twentieth century and after
In addition to the texts in the Norton Anthology, for the exam students are also required to read 3 novels, at least one of which in English, to study the critical essays, and the sections of the History of Literature volume as specified below.
Reccomended or required readings
Required Reading:
Norton Anthology of English Literature, ninth edition, Volume 2, or Volume F: The twentieth century and after.
A booklet containing:
* the list of the texts in the anthology
* the list of the critical essays that (attending and non-attending) students are required to study for the exam
* the critical essays
will be on sale at CLU bookshop.
Students will read 3 novels, choosing a novel from each group - a), b), c) - (in any edition), of which one at least in English.
a) James Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Virgina Woolf, Mrs Dalloway or To the Lighthouse
D.H.Lawrence, Women in Love or Lady Chatterley's Lover
b) Christopher Isherwood, Goodbye to Berlin
G.Greene, The Power and the Glory or The Third Man
E.Waugh, Brideshead Revisited
G.Orwell, Animal Farm
c) M.Spark, Memento Mori
J. Fowles, The French Lieutenant's Woman
I.. McEwan, The Child in Time or Saturday
K.Ishiguro, The Remains of the Day or Never Let Me Go
W.Trevor, The Story of Lucy Gault
H.Hamilton, The Speckled People
M.Morpurgo, Private Peaceful
S.Barry, The Secret Scripture
T.Chevalier, Remarkable Creatures
History of Literature:
From the volume A Short History of English Literature - Vol. II From the Victorians to the Present , by Arturo Cattaneo, Milano, Mondadori Università, 2011: pp.97- 306.
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