Contemporary Literature in Context – UiS pod

An analysis of the innovative elements of Eimear McBride’s A Girl is a Half-Formed Thing, such as language and narrative style. Contemporary Literature in Context presents the latest research on the issues that emerge in the best works of contemporary writing.

A discussion of Costello-Sullivan’s argument that contemporary Irish writing seeks to represent and work through processes of healing and recovery through form and narrative. Contemporary Literature in Context presents the latest research on the issues that emerge in the best works of contemporary writing.

An introduction to the contemporary issues of cultural trauma, cultural memory, and identity in contemporary Irish writing. Contemporary Literature in Context presents the latest research on the issues that emerge in the best works of contemporary writing. A podcast from the University of Stavanger.

A discussion of Abramowitsch’s article which addresses key issues in relation to Coates’ novel, such as the abstraction of whiteness, race and the black body, and the readership of the novel. Contemporary Literature in Context presents the latest research on the issues that emerge in the best works of contemporary writing.

A look at how Williams argues we might read Between the World and Me through the limitations of the “protest narrative”. Contemporary Literature in Context presents the latest research on the issues that emerge in the best works of contemporary writing.

An overview of Hartnell’s chapter on the contemporary issues surrounding African American Literature from the Routledge Companion to Twenty-First Century Fiction (2019). Contemporary Literature in Context presents the latest research on the issues that emerge in the best works of contemporary writing.

A discussion of the Perfect’s article on the representation of refugees in Mohsin Hamid’s Exit West (2017). Contemporary Literature in Context presents the latest research on the issues that emerge in the best works of contemporary writing. A podcast from the University of Stavanger.

A consideration of the major debates in Lagji’s article on the contemporariness of Mohsin Hamid’s Exit West (2017). Contemporary Literature in Context presents the latest research on the issues that emerge in the best works of contemporary writing. A podcast from the University of Stavanger.

An introduction to the contemporary issues of migration, identity, and displacement with a discussion of Emily Hogg’s essay from the Routledge Companion to Twenty-First Century Fiction (2019). Contemporary Literature in Context presents the latest research on the issues that emerge in the best works of contemporary writing.

A look at Kelly’s discussion of George Saunders’ New Sincerity aesthetic with particular focus on “Escape from Spiderhead”. Contemporary Literature in Context presents the latest research on the issues that emerge in the best works of contemporary writing. A podcast from the University of Stavanger.

An introduction to the ideas of “New Sincerity” with a look at Eve’s chapter from the Routledge Companion to Twenty-First Century Fiction (2019) which sets out  “New Sincerity” as a reaction to postmodernism of the 1990s. Contemporary Literature in Context presents the latest research on the issues that emerge in the best works of contemporary writing.

An introduction to the ideas of “New Sincerity” with a look at Eve’s chapter from the Routledge Companion to Twenty-First Century Fiction (2019) which sets out  “New Sincerity” as a reaction to postmodernism of the 1990s. Contemporary Literature in Context presents the latest research on the issues that emerge in the best works of contemporary writing.  

A consideration of Agamben’s influential essay “What is the Contemporary?” (2009) in an attempt to engage with Agamben’s question “What does it mean to be contemporary?” Contemporary Literature in Context presents the latest research on the issues that emerge in the best works of contemporary writing.

An introduction to the questions and debates surrounding contemporary literature with an overview of the Introduction chapter of Daniel O’Gorman and Robert Eaglestone’s Routledge Companion to Twenty-First Century Fiction (2019). Contemporary Literature in Context presents the latest research on the issues that emerge in the best works of contemporary writing.