Event description
We Need to Talk About Kevin (2003) by Lionel Shriver.
Saturday 28 July 2018
We are pleased to have Dr Ellen Ricketts, lecturer in English and American literature, launching our ‘North American Fictions’ season. Ellen is a specialist in teaching American fiction, and will introduce some of the key themes to look out for during the rest of the series. The session will focus on Lionel Shriver’s We Need to Talk About Kevin, winner of the 2005 Orange Prize, a disturbing novel that should get people talking, and set a tone for a season of complex works that relate closely to contemporary political and cultural issues.
Free Admission - All welcome – Booking is required.
Jackie McAndrew, Email: opencampus@hull.ac.uk
Telephone: 01482 466585
Background
If you like reading and enjoy discussing books with other people, then this is the group for you. Sessions take place on campus within the fabulous Brynmor Jones Library where there is a Café and the fantastic University of Hull Art Collection.
The sessions are facilitated by either an English or Creative Writing PhD student, a post-doctoral researcher, a member of staff or a guest host from our regular OpenCampus attendees. You don’t need to have been before but it does help if you have a love of literature and you like the idea of meeting with a friendly group of similarly minded people. Oh yes - it does help to have read the book too!
It’s also a great opportunity to give our PhD students (or 'emerging thinkers' as we like to see them) the opportunity develop their public engagement, facilitation and teaching skills! It really is a winning initiative all ways round.
Broad Aims of the Group
The broad aims of this reading group are to:
- Provide an open platform for the discussion of literature.
- Encourage an interest in a range of genres.
- Provide the opportunity to open up the dialogue with members of the public encouraging interesting, topical, and informative discussion.
- Provide our 'emerging thinkers' the chance to develop their public engagement, facilitation and teaching skills!
All the books should be available to buy cheaply on-line for a minimal amount if you can’t find your old school copy!
Anyone can come along, no prior experience is necessary, just an enthusiasm for the subject.
How will it work?- All attendees should read the novel in advance of the session.
- Each session would be led by one of our PhD/Postgraduate Research students/guest speakers.
- There will be a brief introduction to the text (15 - 30 minutes) which would be accompanied by a PowerPoint/hand-out as appropriate.
- We will have a selection of questions ready to get the ball rolling as it were, and will be highlighting key themes/sections of the text of particular interest.
- You may get the opportunity to discuss revisions and adaptations of the selected narratives to try and pinpoint the reasons behind the longevity of these texts.
Telephone: 01482 466585
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