Classes

BRITISH HISTORY IN FICTION

Promotional Period: 
Jan 12 2010 - May 12 2010

British History in Fiction

Several contemporary British novelists look back four generations to explore the legacy of the World Wars in modern Britain. In five lecture/discussions with PowerPoint illustrations, Virginia Newmyer and Susan Willens study those violent events and the artistic representations given them by young writers in recent novels.

BOTH CLASSES ARE FILLED - THERE IS NO WAITING LIST

Held at Politics and Prose on the second Tuesday and Wednesday of each month, from 1-3 p.m., the course will examine these works: 

January 12 - 13 -- Regeneration by Pat Barker
February 9 - 10 -- The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
March 9 - 10 -- Atonement by Ian McEwan
April 13 -14 -- White Teeth by Zadie Smith
May 11 - 12 -- Small Island by Andrea Levy

COST: $80 (Current P&P Members), $100 (Class fee, plus one-year P&P Membership)

Please select Tuesday OR Wednesday class when registering.

Books are available at a 20% discount for class participants.