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Teaching Literary Modernism in Under 4 minutes

March 15, 2011 2 Comments

Tomorrow, my world literature survey begins studying Modernism.  Luckily, I have what may be considered an unhealthy attraction to this literary movement, which could be because the first graduate course I ever took was on Modernism.  I just get all giddy when talking about it how depressive and fragmented (yet brilliant!) modern literature is.

Because of that, I wanted to share with you the video that I intend to start class with tomorrow morning.  It covers pretty much all the bases my lecture will, plus, I just love these kinds of videos. And, in case you’re wondering, yes, it’s safe for work.

I hope you enjoy it!


 

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About B.J. Keeton

B.J. Keeton is a writer, blogger, and teacher. When he isn't trying to think of a way to trick Fox into putting Firefly back on the air, he writes science fiction, watches an obscene amount of genre television, and is always on the lookout for new ways to integrate pop culture into the classroom. He lives in a small town in Tennessee with his wife and a neighborhood of stray cats.
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2 Responses to “Teaching Literary Modernism in Under 4 minutes”

  1. J.Noel Reply March 16, 2011 at 11:19 am

    Awesome. Since I love mythology, I do like how many of the modernists made allusions to myth, especially Greek myths.

    T.S. Elliot’s The Wasteland has influenced a lot of speculative/fantasy authors too.
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    • B.J. Keeton Reply March 19, 2011 at 10:39 pm

      It really did. One of the first papers I wrote in grad school was about his influence on Stephen King’s The Dark Tower series (The Wasteland, The Waste Lands, really?). It was a lot of fun.

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