English & Comparative Literary Studies News
Dr David Taylor talks about political satire past and present
Dr David Taylor is talking at the Warwick Words History Festival on Saturday 29th October at the Friends Meeting House, Warwick, at 5.00pm (£5). David's work focuses on British literature and culture of the eighteenth century and is especially concerned with the relationship between literature, visual culture, and parliamentary politics. He writes, "Political cartoonists have been quoting and parodying Shakespeare’s works since the mid-eighteenth century. Looking across three centuries of these images, which refer to plays such as Macbeth and The Tempest again and again, I will explore just how profoundly Shakespeare’s narratives and characters shape the way we see and understand the political world."
He has recently been interviewed about political satire past and present on the Moncrieff Show on Ireland's Newstalk radio station. The link to the interview is here: http://www.newstalk.com/listen_back/8/30954/12th_October_2016_-_Moncrieff_Part_1/. His interview is about half way through this audio recording (use the grey bar at the top to navigate).
'Centre for Excellence' in Creative Writing; Sunday Times Good University Guide 2017
We have been named the national 'centre for excellence' in the field of Creative Writing, according to the latest Sunday Times Good University Guide published last week.
Department named 'centre of excellence' for Creative Writing in Sunday Times Good University Guide 2017
We have been named the national 'centre for excellence' in Creative Writing by The Sunday Times in their latest Good University Guide, published last week.
AL Kennedy wins Heinrich Heine Prize
Congratulations to AL Kennedy - she has just been awarded the Heinrich Heine Prize by the city of Dusseldorf. The University press release is here.
Her most recent novel, Serious Sweet, was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2016. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and was twice included in the Granta Best of Young British Novelists list. She has won awards including the 2007 Costa Book Award and the Austrian State Prize for International Literature. Her professional website is here.
Talk by Professor Docherty
Professor Thomas Docherty speaks on "Thinking Aloud" about the challenges in Higher Education