The modern novel as research in the (re)presentation of character.

The writing of war and narrative techniques - fictional (attempts at) representation in the context of Modernism(s).

The author and the narrator as civilians in the theatres of war.

The protagonist and the condemnation of clear-cut choices: suffragist fights, socialist rights, pacifist creeds.

Heroism and the common man?

The writing of war and narrative techniques - fictional (attempts at) representation in the context of Modernism(s).

War combatants and civilians.

Differently gendered experiences.

Heroism and the common man?

Shell shock, individual trauma, social and cultural impact of the First World War.

Narrative techniques - fictional (attempts at) representation in the context of Modernism(s).

Planning of Seminar sessions.

Research issues and cf. Griffin, Gabriele ed. Research Methods in English Studies, Edinburgh UP (2011).

The Great War as text and as pretext. Historical reality, cultural myhths and literary practices. The issue of the representation of war in fiction and poetry.

Reading in class of poems of the First World War and extracts from 'War Poetry: A Conversation' with Michael Longley, Andrew Motion and Jon Stallworthy ed. Santanu Das, The Cambridge Companion to The Poetry of the First World War. Cambrigde, 2013 (also avaiable via the Main Library's Electronic Resources)