In this unit, we will acquaint ourselves with the historical and social contexts of World War I and then explore the ways in which literary forms developed to make sense of the unanticipated violence and destruction of the first mass war of the 20th century as well as the seeming loss of the old European order. We will compare and contrast the varied poems of this period, identifying their affiliations with certain traditions and their experimentation with new styles and themes, paying particular attention to the ways in which poets used the genre to process the violence of war.
Unit 2 Time Advisory closeThis unit will take you approximately 16 hours to complete.
☐ Subunit 2.1: 4 hours
☐ Subunit 2.2: 4 hours
☐ Subunit 2.3: 4 hours
☐ Subunit 2.4: 4 hours
Upon successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:
In the post-war years, nothing seemed certain: the old stabilities of empire, religion, and shared social mores seem to have been swept away by the war. In this unit, we will trace the emergence of new literary forms and styles as authors attempted to come to terms with the seeming chaos and disorder of the 1920s, from the disorienting juxtaposition and dense allusiveness of poetry by T.S. Eliot and Ezra Pound to the intense stream-of-consciousness and temporal complexity of Virginia Woolf’s To the Lighthouse . Along the way, we will take a look at the era’s culture of excess and exile, typified by the famous expatriate circle that settled in Paris in the 1920s and included such prominent figures as Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Gertrude Stein.
Unit 3 Time Advisory closeThis unit will take you about 26 hours to complete.
☐ Subunit 3.1: 4 hours
☐ Subunit 3.2: 4 hours
☐ Subunit 3.3: 4 hours
☐ Subunit 3.4: 4 hours
☐ Subunit 3.5: 2 hours
☐ Subunit 3.6: 8 hours
☐ Subunit 3.6.1: 3 hours
☐ Subunit 3.6.2: 1 hour
☐ Subunit 3.6.3: 4 hours
Upon successful completion of this unit, students will be able to: