AJ24087 Forrest Reid

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2015
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 2 credit(s) (plus 3 credits for an exam). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. Michael Matthew Kaylor, PhD. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Jeffrey Alan Vanderziel, B.A.
Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Tomáš Hanzálek
Supplier department: Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
each even Thursday 10:50–12:25 G31
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 15 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/15, only registered: 0/15, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/15
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
At the end of the course, students will be able to critically evaluate the canonical and other issues surrounding a writer such as Forrest Reid, discuss the writing of others with sensitivity and appreciation, and have a greater understanding of the contexts of English Modernism.
Syllabus
  • Repetition — repetition to the point of perfection — is perhaps the aspect of Forrest Reid that best defines him as a person and as an author. He had but one theme — boyhood — and it came to the surface constantly, irrespective of time or setting. This course will examine that repetition, the ways in which Reid's oeuvre reveals a movement toward his magnum opus, the Tom Barber trilogy. To augment our plot, milieu, thematic, socio-historical, and canonicity considerations, the author's (auto)biographical residues will be brought center-stage, hence the two autobiographies and three biographies of Reid will be thoroughly engaged.
  • Lesson 1 (February 19): Introduction. Lesson 2 (March 5): Read Apostate (1926) and Private Road (1940). Lesson 3 (March 19): Read The Garden God: A Tale of Two Boys (1905) and Following Darkness (1912). Lesson 4 (April 2): Read The Spring Song (1916) and Pirates of the Spring (1919). Lesson 5 (April 16): Read Demophon: A Traveller’s Tale (1927) and Brian Westby (1934). Lesson 6 (April 30): Read Uncle Stephen (1931). Lesson 7 (May 14): Read The Retreat; or, The Machinations of Henry (1936) and Young Tom; or, Very Mixed Company (1944).
Literature
  • Reid, Forrest. W. B. Yeats: A Critical Study. Martin Secker, 1915
  • Reid, Forrest. The Milk of Paradise: Some Thoughts on Poetry. Faber & Faber, 1946
  • Reid, Forrest. Private Road. Faber & Faber, 1940
  • Reid, Forrest. The Gentle Lover: A Comedy of Middle Age. Edward Arnold, 1913
  • Reid, Forrest. Denis Bracknel. Faber & Faber, 1947
  • Reid, Forrest. Poems from the Greek Anthology. Faber & Faber, 1943
  • Taylor, Brian, The Green Avenue: The Life and Writings of Forrest Reid, 1875-1947. Cambridge University Press, 1980
  • Reid, Forrest. Walter de la Mare: A Critical Study. Faber & Faber, 1929
  • Reid, Forrest. Tom Barber. Pantheon Books, 1955
  • Reid, Forrest. The Spring Song. Edward Arnold, 1916
  • Reid, Forrest. Apostate. Constable, 1926
  • Reid, Forrest. Brian Westby. Faber & Faber, 1934
  • Reid, Forrest. Retrospective Adventures. Faber & Faber, 1940
  • Coveney, Peter, Poor Monkey: The Child in Literature. Rockliff, 1957
  • Reid, Forrest. Following Darkness. Edward Arnold, 1912
  • Reid, Forrest. The Bracknels: A Family Chronicle. Edward Arnold, 1911
  • Reid, Forrest. The Garden God: A Tale of Two Boys. David Nutt, 1905
  • Reid, Forrest. Young Tom; or, Very Mixed Company. Faber & Faber, 1944
  • Reid, Forrest. Pirates of the Spring. Talbot Press, 1920
  • Reid, Forrest. Notes and Impressions. The Mourne Press, 1942
  • Reid, Forrest. Pender among the Residents. Collins, 1922
  • Kaylor, Michael Matthew, ed. The Garden God: A Tale of Two Boys. Valancourt Books, 2007
  • Bryan, Mary, Forrest Reid. G. K. Hall, 1976
  • Burlingham, Russell, Forrest Reid: A Portrait and a Study. Faber & Faber, 1953
  • Reid, Forrest. At the Door of the Gate. Edward Arnold, 1915
  • Reid, Forrest. The Retreat; or, The Machinations of Henry. Faber & Faber, 1936
  • Reid, Forrest. Peter Waring. Faber & Faber, 1937
  • Reid, Forrest. Illustrators of the Sixties. Faber & Faber, 1928
  • Reid, Forrest. Demophon: A Traveller’s Tale. Faber & Faber, 1927
  • Reid, Forrest. Uncle Stephen. Faber & Faber, 1931
  • Reid, Forrest. A Garden by the Sea: Stories and Sketches. Talbot Press, 1918
Teaching methods
Seminars, 1½ hours on alternating weeks.
Assessment methods
For credit, students will be expected to write an essay (10 pages, typed, double-spaced). It should have a well-crafted thesis, should be scholarly in tone, and should endeavor to support all claims textually through the materials engaged during this course. Final grades will be divided in the following proportion: 20% for attendance and class participation; 80% for the essay.
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught only once.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2009, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2016.
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