AJL24087 Forrest Reid

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2020
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 6 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. Michael Matthew Kaylor, PhD. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Michael Matthew Kaylor, PhD.
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
Thu 16:00–17:40 G23
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 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/20, only registered: 0/20, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/20
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Course objectives
This course will examine the canonical and other issues surrounding the Ulster novelist Forrest Reid, particularly as these relate to his relationship to the larger issues of English Modernism.
Learning outcomes
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.
  • This course will be held in Microsoft Teams, and the necessary link for joining each lesson will be emailed to you a day or so beforehand. Details about course requirements, etc., will be provided in the first lesson.
  • he schedule is as follows: October 15: Introduction. October 29: Read "Apostate" (1926) and "Private Road" (1940). November 12: Read "The Garden God: A Tale of Two Boys" (1905) and "The Bracknels: A Family Chronicle" (1911). November 26: Read "The Spring Song" (1916) and "Demophon: A Traveller’s Tale" (1927) and. December 10: Read "Brian Westby" (1934). January 7 and 14: Read the Tom Barber trilogy - "Uncle Stephen" (1931), "The Retreat; or, The Machinations of Henry" (1936), "Young Tom; or, Very Mixed Company" (1944).
Literature
  • Reid, Forrest. A Garden by the Sea: Stories and Sketches. Talbot Press, 1918
  • Reid, Forrest. Demophon: A Traveller’s Tale. Faber & Faber, 1927
  • Reid, Forrest. The Bracknels: A Family Chronicle. Edward Arnold, 1911
  • Reid, Forrest. Walter de la Mare: A Critical Study. Faber & Faber, 1929
  • Reid, Forrest. Following Darkness. Edward Arnold, 1912
  • Kaylor, Michael Matthew, ed. The Garden God: A Tale of Two Boys. Valancourt Books, 2007
  • Reid, Forrest. Retrospective Adventures. Faber & Faber, 1940
  • Reid, Forrest. Uncle Stephen. Faber & Faber, 1931
  • Reid, Forrest. At the Door of the Gate. Edward Arnold, 1915
  • Reid, Forrest. The Spring Song. Edward Arnold, 1916
  • Reid, Forrest. Brian Westby. Faber & Faber, 1934
  • Reid, Forrest. Private Road. Faber & Faber, 1940
  • Reid, Forrest. Poems from the Greek Anthology. Faber & Faber, 1943
  • Reid, Forrest. The Retreat; or, The Machinations of Henry. Faber & Faber, 1936
  • Reid, Forrest. Denis Bracknel. Faber & Faber, 1947
  • Reid, Forrest. Illustrators of the Sixties. Faber & Faber, 1928
  • Reid, Forrest. Pender among the Residents. Collins, 1922
  • Coveney, Peter, Poor Monkey: The Child in Literature. Rockliff, 1957
  • Reid, Forrest. Pirates of the Spring. Talbot Press, 1920
  • Reid, Forrest. Tom Barber. Pantheon Books, 1955
  • Taylor, Brian, The Green Avenue: The Life and Writings of Forrest Reid, 1875-1947. Cambridge University Press, 1980
  • Reid, Forrest. The Garden God: A Tale of Two Boys. David Nutt, 1905
  • Reid, Forrest. Peter Waring. Faber & Faber, 1937
  • Reid, Forrest. W. B. Yeats: A Critical Study. Martin Secker, 1915
  • Burlingham, Russell, Forrest Reid: A Portrait and a Study. Faber & Faber, 1953
  • Reid, Forrest. The Milk of Paradise: Some Thoughts on Poetry. Faber & Faber, 1946
  • Bryan, Mary, Forrest Reid. G. K. Hall, 1976
  • Reid, Forrest. The Gentle Lover: A Comedy of Middle Age. Edward Arnold, 1913
  • Reid, Forrest. Apostate. Constable, 1926
  • Reid, Forrest. Notes and Impressions. The Mourne Press, 1942
  • Reid, Forrest. Young Tom; or, Very Mixed Company. Faber & Faber, 1944
Teaching methods
Seminars, 1½ hours per week.
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 Spring 2023.
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