Traces of the Victorian domestic novel and modernism as they appear in these novels will be the subject of some lectures. Recurring tropes of fiction, such as first love, melodrama, pastoral and village life, the marriage plot, warfare, adultery, snobbery, and class labour will be discussed. Various inter-war and post-war female identities – spinsters, witches, quirky aunts, widows, bored housewives, feminists and suffragettes, Bohemians, and queer women – will be investigated. We will interpret these novels through numerous comedic subgenres, including the pastiche, domestic comedy, satire, burlesque, the comedy of manners, black comedy, surreal comedy, and parody. If this was the consensus, then why are so many women-authored novels of this era humorous? In this course, we will read twentieth-century British fiction authored by women through the stylistic and narrative conventions of the middlebrow. Texts: Selected plays by William Shakespeare, to be confirmed:Įvaluation: (to be confirmed) Short response papers, quizzes, production analysis, final paper.įormat: Lectures, in-class discussions, close-reading exercises.ĮNGL 335 The 20 th Century Novel I British Women and Comic FictionĮxpected Preparation: As this class is intermediate level, it is strongly recommended that students have taken at least one 200-level course and preferably two further courses in English, such as Poetics and Survey.ĭescription: “Women have no sense of humour,” a 1929 issue of The Bookman reads. We’ll supplement our reading of the plays with viewings of scenes from film adaptations and recordings of stage productions. We will also consider critical and production history, examining how Shakespeare’s plays have been produced, adapted, and received over the past 400 years. The plays will be studied in their Early Modern context, with a look to relevant historical events, dramatic and textual sources, and innovations in staging practice. Description: This course provides an introduction to the dramatic works of William Shakespeare, covering a range of his plays from a variety of genres in approximate chronological order.
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