Modernism and D. H. Lawrence
| Code | School | Level | Credits | Semesters |
| ENGL4375 | English | 4 | N/A | April Full Year UK, Full Year UK, January Full Year UK |
- Code
- ENGL4375
- School
- English
- Level
- 4
- Credits
- N/A
- Semesters
- April Full Year UK, Full Year UK, January Full Year UK
Summary
This pod explores the relationship between the works of D. H. Lawrence and the contemporary artistic and intellectual climate of modernism. Students will study a range of Lawrence’s writings in different genres (novels, short stories, poetry, essays, journalistic articles and letters) and reflect on their relationship to trends and events in the social and intellectual history of early twentieth-century Europe, to specific modernist literary and artistic movements, and to the broader ambitions of modernist experimentation.
Target Students
Students registered on the School of English online Masters scheme.
Assessment
- 100% Participation: Student participation.
Assessed by end of designated period
Educational Aims
This module comprises an optional component in the following pathways: Applied English, English Literature, and Modern and Contemporary Literature. As such, it contributes in its specific aims to the programme-level coverage of these pathways.Learning Outcomes
- Demonstrate knowledge of D. H. Lawrence’s positioning as a writer in the artistic and political contexts of the early twentieth century.
- Show critical understanding of literary modernism, and of modernist aesthetics.
- Conduct detailed analysis of texts by D. H. Lawrence, engaging with different interpretive perspectives and approaches.
- Demonstrate knowledge and skills acquired to the appropriate disciplinary and professional standard.
- Assimilate and present subject-specific material in an appropriate format (assessed within the ‘Assessment Portfolio’ 1, 2 or 3).
Conveners
- Dr Andrew Steven Harrison
Last updated 07/01/2025.