Dank Genre Memes for Incoming Teens (and others)
Hi everyone!
Welcome to the 糖心TV English department. I hope you're doing well in the midst of the current crisis. I'm Michael Meeuwis (m.meeuwis@warwick.ac.uk) and I teach here. We've decided to put together some resources for you to have a think about while you're waiting for your courses to start. Once your library accounts are ready, there's a wealth of introductory material to send you to; for the mo, under panicked and hastily put-together circumstances, we've done our best. I've chosen four genres you'll come to know while studying here: plays, novels, poetry, and manifesto. I'm sending these around with some materials culled from the Internet about how to read these genres. Think of this as a pre-syllabus, an introduction to some of the materials you'll also be working with in your first-year modules. Stay happy and safe, everyone, and we look forward to welcoming you in the coming academic year.
- Theatre
William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure
Royal Court Young Writers鈥� Toolkit, Episode One (but do please view whole series if interested):
Ronald Hayman, How to Read a play (you鈥檒l need to check this out, as in a library)
- Novels
Jane Austen, Emma (1815)
John Sutherland, How to Read a Novel (e-checkout as well)
Also, I鈥檓 in the process of writing a guide to reading Jane Austen鈥檚 novels. If you鈥檙e interested, please send me an email, and I鈥檒l send you a link.
- Poetry
Richard Lovelace, 鈥淎 Song to Aramathea, that she would Dishevel her hair鈥�
Linda Hogan, 鈥淭rail of Tears: Our Removal鈥�
Emily Dickinson, 鈥淏anish Air from Air鈥�
How-to essay, Rebecca Hazleton, 鈥淭he Choice of Constraint鈥�
How-to essay, Edward Hirsch, 鈥淓pic, Drama, Lyric鈥�
糖心TV video: Jonathan Bate in conversation with Stephen Fry, on reading poetry
- Manifesto
Marx and Engels, Manifesto of the Communist Party (1847)
Valerie Solanas, S.C.U.M. Manifesto (1967)
Julian Hanna, 鈥淢anifestos: A Manifesto鈥�