Course Details
Country:
United Kingdom
Institution:
University of York
Course Title:
Modernism & Technology
Course Number:
ENG00083H
Course Description:
Today, we tend to take technological advancements for granted. The twentieth century has generated a frenetic turnover of technologies which have shaped, and continue to shape, our interaction with the world, and with other human beings — the radio, television, telephone, the Internet, the machine, airplanes, are only few of the revolutionary technological advancements brought forward in the long twentieth century. This special module will focus on the moment in history where we can find the germs for most of the technologies we still make use of today: the turn of the twentieth century. We will examine the outbreak of this “new modernity”, how people reacted to technological transitions, and its representations in literature. Did you know, for example, that E. M. Forster imagined something resembling Skype in one of his short stories? Or that some Western writers would make stances against electric light? Can you guess the revolution in
Language:
English
Approved Equivalent:
ENGH 309
Course URL:
https://www.york.ac.uk/students/studying/manage/programmes/module-catalogue/module/ENG00083H/latest
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