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2014-2015 Graduate Catalog 
    
2014-2015 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

ENG 459 - Contemporary British Literature


Readings from contemporary British writers such as Auden, Orwell, Beckett, Pinter, Spark, Lessing, Stevie Smith, Murdoch, Dylan Thomas, Seamus Heaney, and Hugh MacDiarmid. Studies the various traditions that have emerged since the advent of modernism and their place in the English tradition. Examines the concepts of “modernism” and “postmodernism,” in particular.

Satisfies the General Education Ethics Requirement.

Prerequisites & Notes
6 hours of literature or permission.

Credits: 3