For the Halloween edition of Works Loved, we’ll be sharing some texts that explore elements that are eerie, unsettling, or downright terrifying. These might be fiction, theory, or something else – and you’re also very welcome to bring a non-spooky text you’ve enjoyed.
Time and Place
- Wed 30 Oct, 1-2pm
- Shackleton Room (Arts 439)
This event is run by Dorothy Butchard (d.butchard@bham.ac.uk). Please email Dorothy if you have any question, but you’re welcome to just turn up – no need to register in advance!
About Works Loved
In ‘Works Loved’ sessions, we switch up our usual format and each bring, read from, and discuss a short extract from a text that proved foundational to our research or thinking about literature. This could be a poem that convinced us not to drop out as an undergraduate, a novel that suggested we might need to do an MA to understand it, or an essay that launched the idea of postgraduate study. Academia can often feel overwhelming, with multiple pressures competing for our time and headspace. This seminar is about remembering why we got into this business in the first place – namely, the ‘love’ (and we can discuss this term) we feel for the books, poems, and ideas that make up our discipline.
There’s no advance reading in these weeks – just come along with your chosen text, and be ready to read from it, tell us why it matters to you, and discuss it and other texts. All varieties of text are welcome – if yours isn’t something you can easily read from, just come and tell us about it instead.
Thanks to Rona Cran who first introduced this format for a session – it has brought a lot of joy!