The next session of PCTG will mark Earth Day with a discussion of Ecocriticism in pop culture.
Category: English Literature
Pop Culture Theory Group (5pm, Wed 26th March)
For the next session of PCTG we’re discussing neurodiversity and music.
Postgraduate Social Event
Please join us for an informal get-together of English Literature postgraduate students on Tuesday 1st April at 5-7pm in Arts Building, Room 201. This event is open to taught and research students and will be jointly hosted by Rex Ferguson and Amy Burge. There will be coffee, tea, soft drinks, cake, nibbles – and the … Continue reading “Postgraduate Social Event”
PGR Event – Conferences
Interested in sharing your research through verbal presentation but not sure of the right venues? Got your eye on a conference but lacking confidence in how to present your ideas in an abstract and then a talk? Already signed up to your first conference but worried about what it’s going to be like? If these … Continue reading “PGR Event – Conferences”
Pop Culture Theory Group (5pm, Wed 12th March)
In the next session of PCTG, we’re discussing worldbuilding, the process of constructing an imaginary world or setting, particularly from the perspective of geography.
Pop Culture Theory Group (5pm, Wed 26th Feb)
The next session of PCTG focuses on queer activism, and we’ll be watching the second episode of ‘Visible: Out on Television’.
Pop Culture Theory Group (5pm, Wed 12th Feb)
For the next session of PCTG, we’re remembering the late, great David Lynch through a discussion of the “Television Gothic”.
Pop Culture Theory Group (5pm, Wed 29th Jan)
The next session of PCTG focuses on medievalism in popular culture, reading two short texts by Helen Young and Robert Utz.
Pop Culture Theory Group (5pm, Wed 20th Nov)
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’.
Pop Culture Theory Group (5pm, Wed 30th Oct)
The next session of PCTG discusses the modern vampire and their various generic connotations.