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English Literature Lectures

Lectures in Lit
Weird Fiction
Kraken
Colonialism
Capitalism
Eco-Criticism
Heart Of Darkness
Environmental Degradation
Nature
Lovecraft
Algernon Blackwood
Literature
The Willows
Fake Plastic Trees
Caitlín R. Kiernan
New Weird
Planetary Literatures
Split Tooth
China Miéville
Planetarity
Madness

Current class: "Literature & the Planetary Imagination"

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Rita Wong's Forage

Nlaka'pamux art & Fred Wah's Pictograms of the Interior of B.C.

Tanya Tagaq's Split Tooth

Spivak's "Planetarity" and Conrad's "Heart of Darkness"

In which we discuss Shelley's "Mont Blanc" and Blake's "Introduction to Songs of Experience" and "Earth's Answer"

In which we introduce the core ideas of the class through divergences and discussions

In which we discuss the second wave feminism of Angela Carter's "Bloody Chamber"

Continuing our discussion on Kraken through a Marxist lens.

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Host of the class and a PhD student leading discussions

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Week 9 - China Miéville's Kraken (Part 1)
Q: What is the critique that perhaps he's making here about texts?
A lot of religions are based around a very specific interpretation of a text.
Week 9 - China Miéville's Kraken (Part 1)
Q: Why write in a way that is more complex, more difficult to follow?
It allows readers to question the familiar and the nature of the narrative itself.
Literature & Planetarity, Week 3: Spivak & Conrad
Q: What is the horror, the horror?
It symbolizes the recognition of the atrocities of colonialism and the personal failure of Kurtz.
Week 11 - Angela Carter's "The Bloody Chamber"
Q: How does The Bloody Chamber actually play with the idea of the fairy tale?
It subverts traditional expectations by presenting a marriage that is anything but idyllic, focusing on darker themes.
Week 11 - Angela Carter's "The Bloody Chamber"
Q: Why do you think the weird as a genre might attract a lot of women writers?
It creates a space outside of normative society, allowing for exploration of radical possibilities for marginalized voices.

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The episodes focus on the thoughtful examination of literary themes, particularly within the context of 20th and 21st-century narratives, with a strong emphasis on weird fiction. Discussions often traverse significant literary movements, including Romanticism and Marxism, and engage deeply with the political and environmental implications of classic and contemporary texts. The hosts facilitate rich dialogues among students, highlighting various concepts such as colonialism, feminism, and eco-criticism, while connecting literature to broader sociopolitical issues. The unique element lies in the participatory classroom setting where the interactive dynamic among hosts and students invites fresh perspectives and personal reflections on complic... more

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