{"id":2226,"date":"2023-11-07T09:43:06","date_gmt":"2023-11-07T09:43:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/englitpostgrad\/?p=2226"},"modified":"2023-11-07T09:43:08","modified_gmt":"2023-11-07T09:43:08","slug":"page-breaks-post-apocalyptic-fiction-1pm-mon-20-nov","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/englitpostgrad\/2023\/11\/07\/page-breaks-post-apocalyptic-fiction-1pm-mon-20-nov\/","title":{"rendered":"Page Breaks: Post-Apocalyptic Fiction (1pm, Mon 20 Nov)"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_2227\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2227\" style=\"width: 834px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2227\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/englitpostgrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2023\/11\/The-Last-Man-300x185.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"834\" height=\"514\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/englitpostgrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2023\/11\/The-Last-Man-300x185.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/englitpostgrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2023\/11\/The-Last-Man.jpeg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2227\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">John Martin, &#8216;The Last Man&#8217;, Walker Art Gallery; http:\/\/www.artuk.org\/artworks\/the-last-man-97626<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In our next Page Breaks session, we are reading post-apocalyptic fiction, with an excerpt from <em>After London; or Wild England<\/em> 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 session.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you to Jon Stevens for the reading suggestion and leading the session. See you there.<\/p>\n<p><strong>When and Where<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1pm, Monday 20th November, Arts 250 (Fage Room)<\/p>\n<p>The room is on the second floor of the Arts building<\/p>\n<p><strong>Text(s)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You can access a PDF of this week&#8217;s texts on our password-protected page &#8211; email Dorothy (d.butchard@bham.ac.uk) for the password.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>An excerpt from <em>After London; or Wild England<\/em> by Richard Jefferies (1885) (Read on <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/englitpostgrad\/page-breaks-texts\/\">our site<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Optional! Any other examples of post-apocalyptic fiction you&#8217;d like to discuss in the session<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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). 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