ENAM0308A-F16
Lit of the First World War
The Literature of the First World War
In this course we will study literature generated by observers of the Great War (1914-18) and its aftermath. We will examine the writing of War poets such as Rupert Brooke, Siegfried Sassoon, Wilfred Owen, Isaac Rosenberg, and Robert Graves, and novelists such as Ernest Hemingway (A Farewell to Arms), Erich Maria Remarque (All Quiet on the Western Front), Kazuo Ishiguro (The Remains of the Day), and Pat Barker (Regeneration). Personal accounts and visual art that take as their subject the Great War will also be discussed. We will also consider protest, trauma, grief, and memory, as well as the technical and stylistic innovations that emerged during this period. 3 hrs. Lect/Disc.
In this course we will study literature generated by observers of the Great War (1914-18) and its aftermath. We will examine the writing of War poets such as Rupert Brooke, Siegfried Sassoon, Wilfred Owen, Isaac Rosenberg, and Robert Graves, and novelists such as Ernest Hemingway (A Farewell to Arms), Erich Maria Remarque (All Quiet on the Western Front), Kazuo Ishiguro (The Remains of the Day), and Pat Barker (Regeneration). Personal accounts and visual art that take as their subject the Great War will also be discussed. We will also consider protest, trauma, grief, and memory, as well as the technical and stylistic innovations that emerged during this period. 3 hrs. Lect/Disc.
- Term:
- Fall 2016
- Location:
- Hepburn SEM(HPB SEM)
- Schedule:
- 3:00pm-4:15pm on Tuesday, Thursday (Sep 12, 2016 to Dec 9, 2016)
- Type:
- Lecture
- Instructors:
- Elizabeth Napier
- Subject:
- English & American Literatures
- Department:
- English & American Literatures
- Division:
- Literature
- Requirements Fulfilled:
- EUR LIT
- Levels:
- Undergraduate
- Availability:
- View availability, prerequisites, and other requirements.
- Course Reference Number (CRN):
- 92339
- Subject Code:
- ENAM
- Course Number:
- 0308
- Section Identifier:
- A