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Sam Selvon, The Lonely Londoners

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This free course concentrates on Sam Selvon's twentieth-century novel, The Lonely Londoners. It considers the depiction of migration in the text as well as Selvon's treatment of memory as a vital part of the migrant's experience.

Syllabus

  • Introduction
  • Learning outcomes
  • Background
  • Leaving home
  • Sam Selvon’s The Lonely Londoners
  • Language and form in The Lonely Londoners
  • Characterisation, illusion and identity in The Lonely Londoners
  • Representations of women in The Lonely Londoners
  • Style and narrative techniques: London in summer
  • Memory in The Lonely Londoners: Moses and Galahad
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Further reading
  • Acknowledgements

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