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Lecture List 2021-22

Term 1

04 Oct. Introduction (Mike Niblett) Practical MattersLink opens in a new window Modernity Part 1Link opens in a new window Modernity Part 2Link opens in a new window Modernity Part 3Link opens in a new window

11 Oct. Goethe, Faust Part I (Nick Lawrence) Faust Lecture Part 1Link opens in a new window Faust Lecture Part 2Link opens in a new window

18 Oct. Equiano, Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, African (Mike Niblett) Equiano 1Link opens in a new window Equiano 2Link opens in a new window Equiano 3Link opens in a new window

25 Oct. Blake, "Auguries of Innocence"; Shelley, "Ode to the West Wind" and "The Mask of Anarchy"; Pushkin, "The Bronze Horseman" (Emma Mason) Romanticism 1Link opens in a new window Romanticism 2Link opens in a new window Romanticism 3Link opens in a new window

01 Nov. Mary Shelley, Frankenstein (Rochelle Sibley) Frankenstein 1Link opens in a new window Frankenstein 2Link opens in a new window Frankenstein 3Link opens in a new window

15 Nov. Baudelaire, from "The Painter of Modern Life"; "The Swan," from Fleurs du Mal; "The Eyes of the Poor," "Lost Halo," "Bash the Poor!" from Spleen de Paris; Rimbaud, "The Drunken Boat" (Nick Lawrence) Baudelaire 1Link opens in a new window Baudelaire 2Link opens in a new window Baudelaire 3Link opens in a new window

22 Nov. Ibsen, A Doll's House (Liz Barry) Ibsen 1Link opens in a new window Ibsen 2Link opens in a new window Ibsen 3Link opens in a new window

29 Nov. Natsume Soseki, Kokoro (Michael Gardiner) Soseki 1Link opens in a new window Soseki 2Link opens in a new window Soseki 3Link opens in a new window

06 Dec. Conrad, Heart of Darkness (Caitlin Vandertop) Conrad 1Link opens in a new window Conrad 2Link opens in a new window

Term 2

10 Jan. 2022. Tagore, The Home and the World (Pablo Mukherjee) Tagore 1Link opens in a new window Tagore 2Link opens in a new window

17 Jan. Kafka, The Metamorphosis; Lu Xun, “A Madman's Diary” (Rochelle Sibley) Kafka / Lu Xun 1Link opens in a new window Kafka / Lu Xun 2Link opens in a new window Kafka / Lu Xun 3Link opens in a new window

24 Jan. Apollinaire, “Zone”; Eliot, The Waste Land (Nick Lawrence) Modernist Poetry 1Link opens in a new window Modernist Poetry 2Link opens in a new window Modernist Poetry 3Link opens in a new window

31 Jan. Katherine Anne Porter, Pale Horse, Pale Rider (Myka Tucker-Abramson) Porter 1Link opens in a new window Porter 2Link opens in a new window Porter 3Link opens in a new window

07 Feb. Brecht, Mother Courage and Her Children (Michael Gardiner) Brecht 1Link opens in a new window Brecht 2Link opens in a new window Brecht 3Link opens in a new window

21 Feb. Césaire, Notebook of a Return to the Native Land (Mike Niblett) Césaire 1Link opens in a new window NB: You can watch the video clip -- with sound! -- of Bobby Seale shown in part 1 of this lecture hereLink opens in a new window. Césaire 2Link opens in a new window Césaire 3Link opens in a new window 

28 Mar. Lispector, The Hour of the Star (Caitlin Vandertop) Lispector 1Link opens in a new window Lispector 2Link opens in a new window Lispector 3Link opens in a new window

07 Mar. Armah, The Beautyful Ones... (Mike Niblett) Armah 1Link opens in a new window Armah 2Link opens in a new window Armah 3Link opens in a new window Armah 4Link opens in a new window

14 Mar. Cliff, No Telephone to Heaven (Mike Niblett) Cliff 1Link opens in a new window Cliff 2Link opens in a new window Cliff 3Link opens in a new window