The course will investigate the socio-cultural developments that have led to the Britain we know today and how these have been depicted in contemporary texts and media, analysing the portrayals of both today and yesterday. We will discuss novels, short stories, music and movies, thus creating a 'track-record' of the currents and developments within the British cultural sphere and how they have been discussed and experienced over the past three decades. Apart from the selected texts that can be found in the virtual 'Semesterapparat', the required texts are:
Amis, Martin. Money. London: Penguin, 1986.
Byatt, A.S. Possession. London: Vintage, 1990.
Kureishi, Hanif. The Buddha of Suburbia. London: Penguin, 2001.
Students are advised to read The Buddha of Suburbia before the semester begins. The course requirements are: regular attendance, active participation in class discussions and the completion of the work assignments (mandatory).
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