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Modernism/Postmodernism: A Fiction and Philosophy Workshop [Durham, NC]
**This course is in-person only. There is no virtual component. Participants must be age 21+
Full Tuition: $340 — Sliding-scale tuition options are available in the drop-down enrollment menu for you to self-select. To pay in installments, choose to pay with PayPal or Klarna at check out.
Instructor: Lindsey Andrews | 5-weeks | Fridays | February 27-March 27 | 7:00-9:00 PM ET | 719 N Mangum St., Durham, NC
From T.S. Eliot’s The Waste Land (1922), which speaks in “different voices,” to Italo Calvino’s novel within a novel, If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler (1979), twentieth-century literature was marked by experimentation and multiplicity. But despite shared literary styles across the 100-year span, cultural critics have largely celebrated writing from the first half of the century as politically-conscious modernism, and decried writing from the second half as culturally-complicit postmodernism. What are the stylistic differences between the two, and how does literature work with or against dominant politics?
Over the course of five weeks, we’ll read theorists of modernism and postmodernism and the literary authors they analyzed in order to understand the key characteristics of modernist and postmodernist writing. We’ll inquire about the differences between parody and pastiche, and explore the relationship between myth and metafiction. We’ll ask what the changing economy and new modes of governance have to do with literature. And we’ll also explore genres like amodernism and afrofuturism, which critique and complicate the totalizing narrative of a move from modernism to postmodernism.
Theorists we engage with may include Fredric Jameson, Jean Baudrillard, Timothy Murphy, Sarah Wasserman, and Alondra Nelson. We may read short fiction or excerpts by: Kathy Acker, T.S. Elliott, Virginia Woolf, Ralph Ellison, Ishmael Reed, Thomas Pynchon, Don DeLillo, Zadie Smith, and David Foster Wallace. You’ll also have an opportunity to write in response to prompts that will allow you to test out the various styles and approaches of modernist and postmodernist fiction.
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SLIDING SCALE TUITION
Full tuition is the cost per-student of running the class. If you choose a tier below full tuition, you are receiving a discount. If you choose to make a donation in addition to full tuition, you are helping to cover the cost for students who are not able to pay the full amount.
The mid-level tier is a discounted rate for people whose household income is at or above living wage but who have limited discretionary income.
The low-level tier and the full-scholarship tier are for people whose household income is below living wage or who need extra assistance to meet their needs.
SCHOLARSHIPS
Through our fundraising efforts, we are able to offer three full scholarships per class. The full-scholarship tier is a nonrefundable offering. Each student may only take one full-scholarship class at a time. Because our scholarship funding is limited, if a student selects multiple overlapping classes at the full-scholarship level, they will be disenrolled from all classes.
All sliding-scale and scholarship needs are self-assessed, and we will never request or require proof of need.
Please see our FAQ for more information, including installment plans, refund policy, and sick and inclement weather policy.
**This course is in-person only. There is no virtual component. Participants must be age 21+
Full Tuition: $340 — Sliding-scale tuition options are available in the drop-down enrollment menu for you to self-select. To pay in installments, choose to pay with PayPal or Klarna at check out.
Instructor: Lindsey Andrews | 5-weeks | Fridays | February 27-March 27 | 7:00-9:00 PM ET | 719 N Mangum St., Durham, NC
From T.S. Eliot’s The Waste Land (1922), which speaks in “different voices,” to Italo Calvino’s novel within a novel, If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler (1979), twentieth-century literature was marked by experimentation and multiplicity. But despite shared literary styles across the 100-year span, cultural critics have largely celebrated writing from the first half of the century as politically-conscious modernism, and decried writing from the second half as culturally-complicit postmodernism. What are the stylistic differences between the two, and how does literature work with or against dominant politics?
Over the course of five weeks, we’ll read theorists of modernism and postmodernism and the literary authors they analyzed in order to understand the key characteristics of modernist and postmodernist writing. We’ll inquire about the differences between parody and pastiche, and explore the relationship between myth and metafiction. We’ll ask what the changing economy and new modes of governance have to do with literature. And we’ll also explore genres like amodernism and afrofuturism, which critique and complicate the totalizing narrative of a move from modernism to postmodernism.
Theorists we engage with may include Fredric Jameson, Jean Baudrillard, Timothy Murphy, Sarah Wasserman, and Alondra Nelson. We may read short fiction or excerpts by: Kathy Acker, T.S. Elliott, Virginia Woolf, Ralph Ellison, Ishmael Reed, Thomas Pynchon, Don DeLillo, Zadie Smith, and David Foster Wallace. You’ll also have an opportunity to write in response to prompts that will allow you to test out the various styles and approaches of modernist and postmodernist fiction.
—
SLIDING SCALE TUITION
Full tuition is the cost per-student of running the class. If you choose a tier below full tuition, you are receiving a discount. If you choose to make a donation in addition to full tuition, you are helping to cover the cost for students who are not able to pay the full amount.
The mid-level tier is a discounted rate for people whose household income is at or above living wage but who have limited discretionary income.
The low-level tier and the full-scholarship tier are for people whose household income is below living wage or who need extra assistance to meet their needs.
SCHOLARSHIPS
Through our fundraising efforts, we are able to offer three full scholarships per class. The full-scholarship tier is a nonrefundable offering. Each student may only take one full-scholarship class at a time. Because our scholarship funding is limited, if a student selects multiple overlapping classes at the full-scholarship level, they will be disenrolled from all classes.
All sliding-scale and scholarship needs are self-assessed, and we will never request or require proof of need.
Please see our FAQ for more information, including installment plans, refund policy, and sick and inclement weather policy.