The remaining texts are mandatory readings and passing the exam depends primarily in being acquainted with these works directly.
This includes texts that have not been discussed in the seminars or lectures, which you are to study on your own using the model analyses and the guidance from the lectures and the seminars.
FICTION
J. Conrad, Heart of Darkness;
G. Orwell, 1984;
D.H. Lawrence, Women in Love/Sons and Lovers;
J. Joyce, from Ulysses (chapters 3 (Proteus), 4 (Calypso), 14 (Oxen of the Sun), and 18 (Penelope));*
V. Woolf, To the Lighthouse / Mrs. Dalloway;
PLAYS
J. Osborne, Look Back in Anger (LBA);
POETRY
S. Heaney, Waterfall; Docker; The Outlaw;
Stevie Smith, Not Waving, But Drowning; Was He Married?; Was It Not Curious?; Exeat; Thoughts About the Person from Porlock;
N.B. Slashes [ / ] indicate that you must choose one of the two texts.
* ULLYSES AUXILIARY TOOLS:
·
Columbia University annotated edition of Ulysses at http://www.columbia.edu/~fms5/ulys.htm
·
The New
Bloomsday Book. A guide through Ulysses, by Harry Blamires (downloadable
chapter by chapter annotations) at https://epdf.pub/the-new-bloomsday-book-a-guide-through-ulysses.html
·
An online guide to Ulysses at http://www.ulyssesguide.com/
·
Apps, videos, and other kind of help on Ulysses suggested at https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/17/books/review/cant-get-through-ulysses-digital-help-is-on-the-way.html
A list of editions (some with commentaries) of Ulysses at https://mantex.co.uk/ulysses/
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