Lecture List: term 1
The first lecture of each unit will focus on the primary text for that unit. The lectures in the remaining weeks of that unit will look at the primary text in relation to the stated theory. You will cover the same material each week in your seminars.
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Lecture Podcasts |
Week 1 | Introduction to the Module: Why Theory Matters powerpoint) |
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Week 2 | Unit 1: Nation, Culture, Place Sam Selvon, The Lonely Londoners (1956) Lecturer for this unit: Dr Mike Niblett |
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Week 3 |
Selvon
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Week 4 | Selvon
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Week 5 | Selvon
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Week 6 |
READING WEEK |
NO LECTURE |
Week 7 | Unit 2: Between Historical and Contemporary Kushner: The Flamethrowers (2013) A Return to the 70s: The Flamethrowers as a Historical Novel Lecturer for this unit: Dr. Myka Tucker-Abramson Nicholas Dames "Seventies Throwback Fiction" (https://nplusonemag.com/issue-21/reviews/seventies-throwback-fiction/) |
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Week 8 | Kushner: The Role of Art in the Age of Finance: The Flamethrowers as a Novel about Art
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(NB: lecture sound had problems) |
Week 9 | Kushner: China Girls and Feminist Revolutionaries: The Flamethrowers as a Feminist Novel
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Week 10 | Kushner: The Coming Insurrection: The Flamethrowers as a contemporary novel
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VACATION |
VACATION |