{"id":2416,"date":"2024-09-20T15:51:47","date_gmt":"2024-09-20T14:51:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/englitpostgrad\/?p=2416"},"modified":"2024-09-20T15:51:48","modified_gmt":"2024-09-20T14:51:48","slug":"pop-culture-theory-group-5pm-wed-2nd-oct","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/englitpostgrad\/2024\/09\/20\/pop-culture-theory-group-5pm-wed-2nd-oct\/","title":{"rendered":"Pop Culture Theory Group (5pm, Wed 2nd Oct)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I&#8217;m delighted to be announcing the first session of Pop Culture Theory Group for the new academic year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On <strong>Wednesday 2nd October 2024, from 5-7pm BST<\/strong>, we will be looking at Tzvetan Todorov&#8217;s article\u00a0&#8216;The Typology of Detective Fiction&#8217;, originally published within\u00a0<em>The Poetics of Prose\u00a0<\/em>in 1971.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s a fun introduction to the structuralism at the core of genre theory, through a case study of a genre we all know (and I hope love!), and is beautifully short. However, if you&#8217;re unable to find the time to read it, please do still come along!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Some questions to think about as you read the piece:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Do you agree with Todorov&#8217;s characterisation of detective fiction?\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Can you think of any examples of &#8220;major works&#8221;, using Todorov&#8217;s definition? (works that create new genres by transcending prior ones)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Do you agree that the greatest genre works are the ones which epitomise their genre?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>You can access the reading via <a href=\"https:\/\/birmingham-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com\/permalink\/f\/14feaum\/44BIR_ALMA_DS51285704660004871\">Crime and Media: A Reader, edited by Chris Greer<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For info about the room booking or zoom link, email Georgie @ <a href=\"mailto:gxr697@student.bham.ac.uk\">gxr697@student.bham.ac.uk<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"500\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/englitpostgrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2023\/10\/Pop-Cult-Header-1024x500.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2154\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/englitpostgrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2023\/10\/Pop-Cult-Header-1024x500.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/englitpostgrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2023\/10\/Pop-Cult-Header-300x146.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/englitpostgrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2023\/10\/Pop-Cult-Header-768x375.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/englitpostgrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2023\/10\/Pop-Cult-Header.png 1230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the first session of PCTG for the new academic year, we&#8217;ll be discussing Tzvetan Todorov&#8217;s &#8216;The Typology of Detective Fiction&#8217;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":238,"featured_media":2153,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[262],"class_list":["post-2416","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-english-lit","tag-pctg"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/englitpostgrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2416","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/englitpostgrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/englitpostgrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/englitpostgrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/238"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/englitpostgrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2416"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/englitpostgrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2416\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2417,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/englitpostgrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2416\/revisions\/2417"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/englitpostgrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/englitpostgrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/englitpostgrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/englitpostgrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}