This unit introduces students to literary movements as a way of thinking about literary texts and their reception in terms of processes broader than any individual author or work. Claims to movement status are inherently polemical. They can emerge from within a community in the form of manifestos and collaborative publications or describe more diffuse networks and alliances. Through case studies we will consider what is at stake in the designation and commodification of literary movements and what benefits or problems flow from such claims.
Classes
1x2hr seminar/week
Assessment
1x1500wd seminar presentation (25%), 1x1500wd proposal for final essay (25%), 1x3000wd final essay (50%)
Semester 2
05 Aug 2019