Subject: Re: modernism and the city
From: "Cassandra Laity" <claity-AT-drew.edu>
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2003 12:36:18 -0400


dear Teresa,
  perhaps it is redundant to suggest Walter Benjamin's "The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical REproduction,"  but that has become a kind of ur-text that might be read early in the semester.
See you all at MSA,
cassandra Laity

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From: "M. Teresa Caneda Cabrera" <tcaneda-AT-uvigo.es>
To: <modernism-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu>
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2003 18:03:59 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: modernism and the city

Dear modernist colleagues and friends,
I'm presently thinking about possible titles to be included in a list of
readings (both fiction and critical studies) for a graduate course on
modern literature and the city.

My intention is to examine the impact of urban experience in modern fiction
written in English ("modern" here meaning mainly the first half of the
twentieth century).

Special attention will be given to the relationship between the rise of
the metropolis and the development of modernism, not only in terms of the
literary representations of the city, but also from the perspective of how
urban experience (both exciting and alienating) reconfigures the writers'
perception of the (modern) world.

Some of the relevant issues that I would like to introduce in our class
discussions are: the influence of technology and industrialisation, the
impact of migration and expatriation and the emergence of new reactions to
traditional concepts of self and identity.

I know how helpful the members of this active list have been in the past
so, I want to thank you in advance for all your comments and suggestions.
All the best to everyone, especially to those travelling to Birmingham for
the MSA 5.

* M. Teresa Caneda-Cabrera
* Departamento Filoloxia Inglesa e Alemana
* Facultade de Filoloxía e Traducción)
* Universidade de Vigo. Apdo. 874
* E-36200 VIGO (Spain)
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