Twentieth Century and Contemporary LiteratureWorld War I created a sense of skepticism and alienation that became tropes of twentieth century literature. T.S. Eliot’s The Waste Land and James Joyce’s Ulysses, both written in the twentieth century, were watersheds in the history of English literature. The Great Depression, the rise of fascism, and the Second Great War spurred on the evolution of literature in this decade. Amongst the wide range of writers found during this period are: Virginia Woolf, W.H. Auden, Truman Capote, Harper Lee, William Faulkner, Toni Morrison, Ernest Hemingway, Pearl S. Buck, John Updike, Alice Walker, and Tom Stoppard .

 

Faculty Teaching in the Area of Twentieth Century and Contemporary Literature
 
Undergraduate Courses (Spring 2010)
Graduate Courses (Spring 2010)
Information will be forthcoming
Graduate Research Group(s)
Twentieth Century Stdies Group
Modernist Studies Group
Digital Humanities Studies Group