20th Century Fiction, Fall 2002

• Author: Thorburn, David
• Subject: Humanities, Social Sciences
• Institution Name: M.I.T.
• Collection: MIT OpenCourseWare
• Grade Level: Post-secondary

• Abstract: Tradition and innovation in representative fiction of the early modern period. Recurring themes: the role of the artist in the modern period, the representation of psychological and sexual experience, the virtues (and defects) of the aggressively experimental character of so many modern books. Works by such writers as Conrad, Kipling, Isaac Babel, Kafka, James, Lawrence, Mann, Ford Madox Ford, Joyce, Woolf, Faulkner, and Nabokov.

• Course Type: Full Course
• Languages: English
• Material Types: Assessments, Homework and Assignments, Syllabi
• Media Formats: Text/HTML, Downloadable docs

• Conditions of Use: Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0