Eng 451

New historical and literary periods are generally established as a reaction to past models, ideals and philosophical foundations. This is true of the modern British novel, based loosely from the 1880s to the second half of the twentieth century. The emergence and development of the modern novel will be studied in light of empire, war, feminism, gender, psychoanalysis, avant-garde movements, mass culture and theories of the novel. We will also consider the significance of innovative literary techniques such as point of view, impressionism, stream of consciousness, and authorial impersonality.