The First World War and its immediate aftermath produced the modern world: politically and socially, the First World War was absolutely crucial. It was also a period which produced a distinct literature and which formulated a unique literary culture, one which remains important for contemporary literary culture and society. The experience of combat troops in the First World War was reproduced in texts written by those directly involved in the conflict, materially impacted upon the English language and the literary imagination, and continues to have an often under-acknowledged centrality in political and cultural thought. This module will examine the literary products of this period, the methods by which the authors reproduced, described and fictionalised their experiences. It will analyse the use of different genres and will assess the development of a poetics of conflict specific to the First World War. The second half of the module will consider the use of First World War tropes in texts produced in the latter half of the 20th century, compare the application of those narrative devices, and critically assess the later use of those devices. In so doing, it will interrogate the on-going relationship between the First World War and contemporary literary culture and society.
Course image MAEN03_S2_A_19: Visions Of The Real: Literature, Science & Myth
English And Creative Writing
Module Code: MAEN03
Academic year: 19
Semester: S2
Occurrence: A
Level: L7
Location: BO
Course image MAEN04_S2_A_19: Activating Research
English And Creative Writing
Module Code: MAEN04
Academic year: 19
Semester: S2
Occurrence: A
Level: L7
Location: BO
Course image MAEN02_S1_A_19: Theatres Of Pain And Pleasure
English And Creative Writing
Module Code: MAEN02
Academic year: 19
Semester: S1
Occurrence: A
Course image MAEN01_S1_A_19: Literature In The Present Moment
English And Creative Writing
Module Code: MAEN01
Academic year: 19
Semester: S1
Occurrence: A
Level: L7
Location: BO
Course image ENM01_S2_A_19: The Dissertation
English And Creative Writing
Module Code: ENM01
Academic year: 19
Semester: S2
Occurrence: A
Level: L7
Location: BO
Course image ENL366_S2_A_19: Contemporary Short Fiction: Writing The Here And Now
English And Creative Writing
Module Code: ENL366
Academic year: 19
Semester: S2
Occurrence: A
Level: L6
Location: BO
Course image ENL365_AY_A_19: Dissertation - Creative Writing (30 Credit)
English And Creative Writing
Module Code: ENL365
Academic year: 19
Semester: AY
Occurrence: A
Level: L6
Location: BO
Course image ENL363_AY_A_19: Dissertation - Creative Writing (45 Credit)
English And Creative Writing
Module Code: ENL363
Academic year: 19
Semester: AY
Occurrence: A
Level: L6
Location: BO
Course image ENL362_S2_A_19: Writing, Environment And Ecocriticism
English And Creative Writing
Module Code: ENL362
Academic year: 19
Semester: S2
Occurrence: A
Level: L6
Location: BO
Course image ENL360_S1_A_19: Digital Writing: Writing For The Community Of Strangers
English And Creative Writing
Module Code: ENL360
Academic year: 19
Semester: S1
Occurrence: A
Level: L6
Location: BO
Course image ENL356_S1_A_19: 'Unforgettable Corpses': Literature, Cultural Memory And The First World War
English And Creative Writing
Module Code: ENL356
Academic year: 19
Semester: S1
Occurrence: A
Level: L6
Location: BO
Course image ENL355_S1_A_19: The Ethics Of Reading: Literature In The Twentieth Century
English And Creative Writing
Module Code: ENL355
Academic year: 19
Semester: S1
Occurrence: A
Level: L6
Location: BO
Course image ENL354_S2_A_19: Fairy Tales: Early Modern To Postmodern
English And Creative Writing
Module Code: ENL354
Academic year: 19
Semester: S2
Occurrence: A
Level: L6
Location: BO
Course image ENL353_S2_A_19: Writing Flash Fiction
English And Creative Writing
Module Code: ENL353
Academic year: 19
Semester: S2
Occurrence: A
Level: L6
Location: BO
Course image ENL352_S1_A_19: Making It Strange: Writing The Science Fiction, Fantasy And Modern Gothic Novel
English And Creative Writing
Module Code: ENL352
Academic year: 19
Semester: S1
Occurrence: A
Level: L6
Location: BO
Course image ENL350_S2_A_19: Renaissance Drama
English And Creative Writing
Module Code: ENL350
Academic year: 19
Semester: S2
Occurrence: A
Location: BO
Course image ENL340_S1_A_19: Writing The Novel
English And Creative Writing
Module Code: ENL340
Academic year: 19
Semester: S1
Occurrence: A
Level: L6
Location: BO
Course image ENL348_S2_A_19: Scientific Revolutions: Literature and Science from H. G. Wells to Ian McEwan
English And Creative Writing
Module Code: ENL348
Academic year: 19
Semester: S2
Occurrence: A
Level: L6
Location: BO
Course image ENL328_S1_A_19: Gothic, Romanticism And Women'S Writing
English And Creative Writing
Module Code: ENL328
Academic year: 19
Semester: S1
Occurrence: A
Level: L6
Location: BO
Course image ENL327_S1_A_19: Writing For The Screen
English And Creative Writing
Module Code: ENL327
Academic year: 19
Semester: S1
Occurrence: A
Level: L6
Location: BO
Course image ENL325_S1_A_19: Writing A Stage Play
English And Creative Writing
Module Code: ENL325
Academic year: 19
Semester: S1
Occurrence: A
Course image ENL324_S1_A_19: Psychoanalysis And Culture
English And Creative Writing
Module Code: ENL324
Academic year: 19
Semester: S1
Occurrence: A
Level: L6
Location: BO
Course image ENL313_S1_A_19: Shakespeare: Text And Culture
English And Creative Writing
Module Code: ENL313
Academic year: 19
Semester: S1
Occurrence: A
Course image ENL305_AY_A_19: Dissertation - English (30 Credit)
English And Creative Writing
Module Code: ENL305
Academic year: 19
Semester: AY
Occurrence: A
Level: L6
Location: BO
Course image ENL304_AY_A_19: Dissertation - English (45 Credit)
English And Creative Writing
Module Code: ENL304
Academic year: 19
Semester: AY
Occurrence: A
Level: L6
Location: BO
Course image ENL229_S2_A_19: Fairy Tales: Early Modern To Postmodern
English And Creative Writing
Module Code: ENL229
Academic year: 19
Semester: S2
Occurrence: A
Level: L5
Location: BO
Course image ENL228_S2_A_19: Creative Non-Fiction: Writing Lives
English And Creative Writing
Module Code: ENL228
Academic year: 19
Semester: S2
Occurrence: A
Level: L5
Location: BO
Course image ENL225_S1_A_19: Creative Writing Non-Fiction: Writing Place
English And Creative Writing
Module Code: ENL225
Academic year: 19
Semester: S1
Occurrence: A
Level: L5
Location: BO
Course image ENL227_S2_A_19: Prose Fiction: The Dynamic Of Change
English And Creative Writing
Module Code: ENL227
Academic year: 19
Semester: S2
Occurrence: A
Level: L5
Location: BO