Postgraduate Research in English Literature
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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 undergraduate, a novel that suggested we might need to do an MA to understand it, or … Continue reading “Page Breaks: Works Loved (12pm, Mon 22 April)”
Following our session last term on fandoms, we are delving deeper into the world with a Page Breaks dedicated to K-pop (Korean pop music)! We will focus on the parasocial relationships found in the K-pop fandom and the different iterations, meanings, and implications of the fandom. Reading an article from Teen Vogue about fandoms, specifically … Continue reading “Page Breaks: K-pop (1pm, Mon 18 March)”
We might be now three months into 2024 (!), but we wanted to reflect on our best reads of 2023 – come with books in mind to discuss! How it works Come with a book or several books (or tv/film/music) in mind and ideas about what you liked and why, and leave with more recommendations … Continue reading “Page Breaks: Bests of 2023 (1pm, Mon 4th March)”
After the success of previous Book Swaps, we’re back for more. Come with a book – and leave with a new one! How it works: Please bring any book you’d like to swap (something you loved, something that wasn’t for you – anything you’d like). We’ll provide envelopes so you can ‘wrap’ your book, and … Continue reading “Page Breaks: Book Swap! (2pm, Mon 12th Feb)”
In our first Page Breaks of the New Year, we’ll be discussing our resolutions for 2024, taking inspiration from eight authors who share their plans, hopes, and resolutions for what they’ll read this year in an article from early January. Come along ready to talk about your own resolutions and get inspiration from others! When … Continue reading “Page Breaks: Reading Resolutions (1pm, Monday 22 Jan)”
For our last Page Breaks of 2023 we are talking about gossip! We will focus on the many iterations, meanings, and implications of gossip, including (but not limited to): the characterisation of gossip as feminine, gossip as idle chatter or a real subversion of power structures, scandal, solidarity, storytelling, folklore, dilemmas, expression, and gossip splitting … Continue reading “Page Breaks: Gossip (1pm, Mon 4 Dec)”
In our next Page Breaks session, we are reading post-apocalyptic fiction, with an excerpt from After London; or Wild England by Richard Jefferies (1885). Discussion will revolve around the text and what pre-20th century post-apocalyptic texts tell us about images of the future, as well as any other post-apocalyptic fiction examples you bring to the … Continue reading “Page Breaks: Post-Apocalyptic Fiction (1pm, Mon 20 Nov)”
Next, we are talking about fandoms and fanfiction at Page Breaks: what they are, what they mean for the people who are apart of fandoms and those that read fanfiction, and what happens to literature through fanfiction. Thank you to Georgie Rowe and Kit Richards for taking the helm this week with the reading suggestions, … Continue reading “Page Breaks: Fandoms and Fanfiction (1pm, Mon 6 Nov)”
For our next Page Breaks, we’re talking about illegal online archives: what they mean for researchers, for those outside the academy and traditional educational structures, as well as more general discussion on academic paywalls, publishing, libraries, and other online ebook archives. We’ll listen to one podcast episode and read one short article to open up … Continue reading “Page Breaks: Illegal Archives (1pm, Mon 16 Oct)”
For our first Page Breaks of 2023 we’re talking about literary prizes: what’s the point? Which are are our favourites? How do they influence our literary interests? We’ll read two short texts on this topic and compare their perspectives with our own. When and Where 1pm, Monday 2nd October, Arts 237 The room is on … Continue reading “Page Breaks: Book Prizes (1pm, Mon 2 Oct)”
