| M 6/30 |
Introduction. What is modernism? Reading, social networks and literary values in the early Twentieth Century. Overview of the course website and the Modernist Journals Project (http://modjourn.org). |
| Th 7/3 |
- Malcolm Bradbury and James McFarlane, “Preface” (D) and “Movements, Magazines, and Manifestos: The Succession from Naturalism” (D)
- Peter McDonald, “Introduction: The Literary Field in the 1890s”
- Raymond Williams, “When Was Modernism?” (D)
Field Trip! Computer lab (Library room 384), 1:45-3:00. You will compose an intellectual profile on the course website. Bring images of yourself or other media that pertain to your intellectual/personal interests (i.e. pictures of a favorite book, building, painting, illustration; a YouTube video to embed; your own video or multimedia files). Think of the profile as a professional introduction that also says who you are. |
| M 7/7 |
- Sean Latham “New Age Scholarship: The Work of Criticism in the Age of Digital Reproduction”
- Latham and Robert Scholes, “The Rise of Periodical Studies”
- “General Introduction to The New Age 1907-1922” by Robert Scholes and the MJP Staff (at MJP)
- Spend at least a couple of hours ‘thumbing through’ the digitized New Age at the MJP in order to get a feel for the periodical genre and what this magazine is like. For class discussion, take note of what dates you looked at and the things you noticed.
Field Trip! Introduction to archival research, 2:30 – 3:00 in the Library’s Special Collections department. |
| Th 7/10 |
Project 1 Due – Small group presentations on an aspect of The New Age.
Ann Ardis:
- “Introduction: rethinking modernism, remapping the turn of the twentieth century”
- “'Life is not composed of watertight compartments’”: the New Age’s critique of modernist literary specialization,”
- “Conclusion: modernism and English studies in history.”
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| M 7/14 |
- Mark Morrisson, “Introduction: Mass Market Publicity—Modernism’s Crisis and Opportunity” and “Epilogue”
- George Bornstein, “Introduction,” “How to read a page: modernism and material textuality,” and “Pressing Women: Marianne Moore and the networks of modernism”
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| Th 7/17 |
Project 2 Due – Bibliographic description and analysis of a periodical (post to website by 8pm on 7/16); in-class presentations. |
| M 7/21 |
- James Joyce, Ulysses Chapter 10 “Wandering Rocks” (last item in packet)
- Raymond Williams, “Metropolitan Perceptions and the Emergence of Modernism” (D)
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| Th 7/24 |
- Spend some time reading vol. 6 no. 2 (July 1919) of The Little Review (the issue containing “Wandering Rocks”) (Brooklyn College Library Periodical Stacks AP2 .L6472) -- photocopy a page of interest to you and bring to class.
- Mark Morrisson, “Youth in Public: The Little Review and Commercial Culture in Chicago”
Brief in-class presentations of final project proposals.
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| M 7/28 |
- Jerome McGann, “How to Read a Book” and “Rationale of Hypertext”
- Michael Groden, “Contemporary Textual and Literary Theory”
Brief in-class presentations of final project proposals.
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| Th 7/31 |
- Roland Barthes, “What is an Author” (D)
- Michel Foucault, “The Death of the Author”
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