Contemporary British Fiction. Tradition and Multiculturalism: readings
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Andrew Monnickendam, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Students should obtain these before class begins.
Julian Barnes, The Lemon Table, London: Picador, 2004
Andrea Levy, Fruit of the Lemon, London, Review, 2000
Nirpal Singh Dhaliwal, Tourism, London: Vintage, 2006
Basic bibliography for further reading
Students should be aware that there, as yet, few critical articles of value on these novels, consequently the onus is on the student(s) to discuss, think and analyze. The entries below help us to understand some of the issues at hand. At the same time, many reviews of the novels can be found in the internet editions of newspapers and journals.
Bradford, Richard. The Novel Now: Contemporary British Fiction. Oxford: Blackwell, 2006.
Carey, Peter. What Good Are the Arts? London: Faber & Faber, 2005.
Childs, Peter and Fowler, Roger (eds). Routledge Dictionary of Literary Terms. London: Routledge, 2005.
Compagnon, Antoine. The Five Paradoxes of Modernity. New York Columbia UP, 1994.
Eco, Umberto. Travels in Hyperreality. London: Picador, 1987.
Lodge, David. Consciousness and the Novel. London: Secker and Warburg, 2002.
Marr, Andrew. A History of Modern Britain. Basingstoke: Macmillan, 2007.
McLuhan, Marshall. The Gutenberg Galaxy: The Making of Topographic Man. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1962.
Morley, David & Kevin Robins (eds), British Cultural Studies: Geography, Nationality, and Identity, Oxford UP, 2001
Payne, Michael (ed). A Dictionary of Cultural and Contemporary Theory. Oxford: Blackwell, 1996.
Rivkin, Julie & Ryan Michael. Literary Theory: An Anthology. Oxford: Blackwell, 2004.
Sinfield, Alan. Literature, Culture and Politics in Postwar Britain. London: Continuum, 2004.
Smiers, Joost. Arts Under Pressure. Promoting Cultural Diversity in the Age of Globalisation. London: Zed Books, 2003.
Tew, Philip. The Contemporary British Novel. London: Continuum, 2007.
Tusa, John. Engaged with the Arts: Writing from the Frontline. London: Tauris, 2007.
Trilling, Lionel. The Liberal Imagination. New York: Viking Press, 1950.
Zurbrugg, Nicholas. The Parameters of Postmodernisn. London: Routledge, 1993.
Julian Barnes, The Lemon Table, London: Picador, 2004
Andrea Levy, Fruit of the Lemon, London, Review, 2000
Nirpal Singh Dhaliwal, Tourism, London: Vintage, 2006
Basic bibliography for further reading
Students should be aware that there, as yet, few critical articles of value on these novels, consequently the onus is on the student(s) to discuss, think and analyze. The entries below help us to understand some of the issues at hand. At the same time, many reviews of the novels can be found in the internet editions of newspapers and journals.
Bradford, Richard. The Novel Now: Contemporary British Fiction. Oxford: Blackwell, 2006. Carey, Peter. What Good Are the Arts? London: Faber & Faber, 2005. Childs, Peter and Fowler, Roger (eds). Routledge Dictionary of Literary Terms. London: Routledge, 2005. Compagnon, Antoine. The Five Paradoxes of Modernity. New York Columbia UP, 1994. Eco, Umberto. Travels in Hyperreality. London: Picador, 1987. Lodge, David. Consciousness and the Novel. London: Secker and Warburg, 2002. Marr, Andrew. A History of Modern Britain. Basingstoke: Macmillan, 2007. McLuhan, Marshall. The Gutenberg Galaxy: The Making of Topographic Man. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1962. Morley, David & Kevin Robins (eds), British Cultural Studies: Geography, Nationality, and Identity, Oxford UP, 2001 Payne, Michael (ed). A Dictionary of Cultural and Contemporary Theory. Oxford: Blackwell, 1996. Rivkin, Julie & Ryan Michael. Literary Theory: An Anthology. Oxford: Blackwell, 2004. Sinfield, Alan. Literature, Culture and Politics in Postwar Britain. London: Continuum, 2004. Smiers, Joost. Arts Under Pressure. Promoting Cultural Diversity in the Age of Globalisation. London: Zed Books, 2003. Tew, Philip. The Contemporary British Novel. London: Continuum, 2007. Tusa, John. Engaged with the Arts: Writing from the Frontline. London: Tauris, 2007. Trilling, Lionel. The Liberal Imagination. New York: Viking Press, 1950. Zurbrugg, Nicholas. The Parameters of Postmodernisn. London: Routledge, 1993.
