The next session of PCTG is on Affect and Video Games, and we’ll be reading Paolo Ruffino’s ‘There is no cure: Paratexts as remediations of agency in Red Dead Redemption 2’.
Author: Rowe Georgina
Pop Culture Theory Group (5pm, Wed 30th Oct)
The next session of PCTG discusses the modern vampire and their various generic connotations.
Pop Culture Theory Group (5pm, Wed 2nd Oct)
In the first session of PCTG for the new academic year, we’ll be discussing Tzvetan Todorov’s ‘The Typology of Detective Fiction’.
Pop Culture Theory Group (5pm, Wed 5th June)
PCTG will be back at the start of June to discuss queer podcasts and audio fiction.
Pop Culture Theory Group (5pm, Wed 24th March)
Our next session will be on Wednesday 24th April, from 5-7pm, looking at Sara Ahmed’s ‘Complaint!’
Pop Culture Theory Group (5pm, Wed 13th March)
This week we’ll be discussing adaptation theory via Julie Sanders’ Adaptation and Appropriation.
Pop Culture Theory Group (5pm, Wed 28th Feb)
This week we’ll be thinking about the portrayal of Ancient Egypt in heavy metal music.
Pop Culture Theory Group (5pm, Wed 7th Feb)
This week we’ll be thinking about Queer Theory via film studies, in celebration of LGBTQ+ history month.
Pop Culture Theory Group (5pm, Wed 24th Jan)
In our next session, we’ll be looking at Sound Studies, through the lens of video games.
Pop Culture Theory Group (5pm, Wed 6th Dec)
This fortnight’s session focuses on TV Christmas specials, where we’ll discuss the standard tropes and some of our favourites.