ENGL 681
Contemporary Texts
Fall 2026 · ENGL 681 LEC A1: Contemporary Texts - Reading and Popular Culture: Contemporary Book Cultures; D. Fuller · Course preview
Topics
- Contemporary reading cultures
- Popular culture
- Digital readership
Readings
- Bourdieu, Pierre. “The Forms of Capital.” 1986.
- Frow, John. Cultural Studies and Cultural Value. 1995. Extracts.
- Radway, Janice. A Feeling for Books: The Book-of-the-Month Club, Literary Taste, and Middle-Class Desire. 1997. Extracts.
- “Reading with Algorithms.” Post45, December 2023. Extracts.
- Alberto, Maria K., Effie Sapuridis, and Lesley Willards, editors. Fandom and Platforms special issue. Transformative Works and Culture 42, March 2024. Extracts.
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026–2027
- ENGL 567 LEC A1: Literary History - Mysticism, Hunger, and the Irish Gothic; R. Brazeau ↗2026
- ENGL 681 LEC-A1 CONTEMPORARY TEXTS · Reading-list link; contents not retrieved ↗
- ENGL 681 LEC-A01: Contemporary Texts - Reading and Popular Culture · Reading-list link; contents not retrieved ↗2026
- Theory list is indicative and subject to revision; a 2025/26 prize-listed book remains to be selected.