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If you've ever longed to read the fantastic Modernist novels of the first 20th hundred years - perhaps James Joyce's Ulysses, Virginia Woolf's To the Lighthouse, or William Faulkner's Absalom, Absalom! - but have shied away or placed them down because of their intimidating style, fragmented narrative, or lack of a clear story, you no longer need to hold back, or be reluctant to return. In this series of 24 lectures, an acclaimed literary scholar and award-winning professor has generated an accessible gateway to the remarkable literary movements. Professor Thorburn will show you not only how an entire technology of Modernist creators - including Joyce, Faulkner, Conrad, Woolf, and Kafka - flipped the traditions of books on its brain, creating new ways to reflect an extremely sophisticated post-Victorian world, but how to comprehend and revel in them. You will see that even though their works are indeed some of the most challenging you'll ever encounter, they are also being among the most rewarding. Choosing brief but representative novels and stories, Teacher Thorburn offers a persuasive summary of Modernism you'll find intriguing - even if you don't possess time to read the works along with him. Each work is created with a complete plot conclusion to ensure that visitors from all backgrounds will easily understand the lectures. Led by the tenet, "trust ourselves and trust the text messages," Teacher Thorburn demystifies the world of literary criticism and demonstrates how a thoughtful, careful reader can find exciting and enriching insights in these works. You'll consider these great novels and stories from all perspectives, through close readings of selected passages and illuminating conversations of structure, form, symbolism, and persona.
