Middlebury

ENAM 0235

Contemporary British Lit.

Contemporary British Literature
In this course, we will examine fiction written in Britain after 1945, placing this writing in cultural, political and historical context. We will begin by discussing the so-called crisis of the novel after the exigencies of WW II, the rise of mass cultural forms such as radio and television, and the after-shocks of modernism. Focusing on the work of writers such as Martin Amis, Pat Barker, A. S. Byatt, Angela Carter, Kazuo Ishiguro, Ian McEwan, Caryl Phillips, Salman Rushdie, Zadie Smith, Muriel Spark, Graham Swift, Evelyn Waugh, and Jeanette Winterson, we will consider a range of thematic and formal issues, including history, social class, sexuality and gender, immigration, post-imperial nostalgia, Thatcherism, realism, the legacy of modernism and post-modernism. 3 hrs. lect./disc.
Subject:
English & American Literatures
Department:
English & American Literatures
Division:
Literature
Requirements Fulfilled:
EUR LIT
Equivalent Courses:

Sections in Fall 2006, School Abroad Italy (Florence)

Fall 2006

ENAM0235A-F06 Lecture (Siddiqi)