Reading Through Class

When	Tuesday, 11th Oct , 8pm
Where	Cucina Cafe Bar
Duration	1 hour approx.
Price	Free, no ticket required

Class and work have been said to provide our sense of self, our relation to place and community and boundaries to what we can, and cannot, achieve as individuals.

This informal reading group will explore representations of class and work in literature from Herman Melville’s novella ‘Bartleby the Scrivener’ (1853), to extracts from Sid Chaplin’s ‘Day of the Sardine’ (1961) to Jonathan Coe’s ‘The Rotters’ Club' of the 1970s and 80s (2001).*

In each case we will ask how does class and work create a sense of identity and, in a radically transformed contemporary work environment, what constitutes class today?

Elisa Oliver is Senior Lecturer in Historical and Critical Studies at Leeds Metropolitan University and is engaged in research on working class identity at Central St Martin’s, University of the Arts, London.

You do not need a ticket to attend this event.

TEXT EXTRACTS AS PDF DOWNLOADS:

Day of the Sardine - Introductory Note

Day of the Sardine Extract 1

Day of the Sardine Extract 2

Day of the Sardine Extract 3

The Day of the Sardine Long extract

Rotters Club Extract 1a

Rotters Club Extract 1b

Rotters Club Extract 2

Rotters Club Extract 3

Rotters Club Extract 4