Postgraduate Research in English Literature
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Completing a postgraduate research degree in English Literature is difficult but what do we mean when we talk about literature itself as difficult? What connotations, both positive and negative, are implied when we classify a work as difficult? Does it make any difference whether a text was difficult or easy for its author to write? … Continue reading “Page Breaks: Difficulty”
The next session of PCTG will be held on Wednesday, 12th November 5pm-7pm. With the recent passing of Bonfire/Guy Fawkes Night, I have been thinking about the depiction of the past in popular fiction and the use of historical periods in political discourse. We’ll be meeting to discuss the nature of temporality in popular culture … Continue reading “Pop Culture Theory Group (Wednesday, 12th November)”
Following a great return to the Page Breaks programme a couple of weeks ago our next meeting will be on Thursday 13th November at 4-6pm. Ahead of this meeting we’re going to take a break from reading in order to listen – specifically the plan is to listen to an episode of the ‘Books and … Continue reading “Page Breaks: Psychogeography”
In resurrecting Page Breaks we’re going to return to a well-tested formula: the ‘Works Loved’ session. In ‘Works Loved’ sessions, we invite you to share a text that you enjoy or has been important to you. We’ll each share a text: this could be a poem that convinced us not to drop out as an … Continue reading “Page Breaks: Works Loved (Thursday 23 October, 4.30pm)”
Next PCTG session will be held on Wednesday 17th September 5pm-7pm. We’ll be discussing Monster Theory to get us ready for the upcoming spooky season.
Next PCTG session at 4pm on Wednesday 3rd September to watch the documentary ‘Sharksploitation’ (2023) in honour of the (belated) 50th anniversary of ‘Jaws’.
To mark the 80th anniversary of VJ day, PCTG will be discussing war in popular fiction.
As July is Disability Pride Month, the next session of PCTG centres on disability in pop culture.
The next session of PCTG focuses on queerness in fantasy literature.
