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Content: In this practical module, students will apply the concepts and approaches studied in year one, while exploring life in contemporary London as subject matter. They will study examples of writing about London from a diverse range of authors in a wide variety of different genres and forms, from essays, novels and screenplays to spoken-word poetry, and will analyse how they shape imaginative representations of the city and its stories. They will consider, for instance, how differences of class, race and gender figure in urban experience; how city-dwellers navigate and use space and place; how writing itself may be inscribed or articulated within or upon urban space; and how the pleasures and dangers of London living influence the kinds of story that take place there. Students will be encouraged to engage with local communities in East London, with the wider life around campus, and with the institutions of writing and culture in the city, and will draw on what they have learnt to produce their own contribution to London literature, in a form and genre of their choosing.
Teaching delivery: 10 x 1-hour lectures and 10 x 2-hour workshops.
This module is taught at the 果冻影院 East campus in Stratford.听
Module deliveries for 2024/25 academic year
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This module description was last updated on 19th August 2024.
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