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What I'm Reading Wednesday
Dec. 2nd, 2020 09:33 pmAs you may have seen from my October and November book log posts, my choice of reading material tends to be a little, shall we say, unusual. I wanted to take a moment to actually explain the reason behind this.
For various reasons, including but not limited to not finishing/sitting my A-Levels, I haven't attended university. I always wanted to study something related to people and/or literature: human geography, sociology, social/cultural anthropology - something like that, preferably a joint honours with English Literature. I'm fascinated by people, society, and cultures, and the stories they tell are just as important for the creation of society as the people, the locale, the belief systems etc.
A lot of universities here have on their websites a breakdown of current modules that make up a particular degree course. And some of them have their reading lists for those modules. You see where this is going now? Yes, I will select a degree course at a university that I wish I had/could attend and work my way through the reading lists.
The course I'm currently looking at is the Human Geography/English Literature degree at Aberystwyth university in Wales, and I'm on the year 1 module 'Power, Place, Identity and Politics' which is
Re-imagining Nineteenth-Century Literature
Literature And The Sea
Greek and Roman Epic and Drama
Contemporary Writing
Introduction to Poetry
Conflict and Change: the making of urban and rural spaces
Living with Global Change
I also enjoy reading urban fantasy and mythology-based fiction (especially adventure) and have missed reading them this last quarter of 2020 so I'm going to make more of an effort to read them in 2021 - both re-reading old favourites, probably discovering those authors have written & released new books recently, and actively seeking new books.
I'm actually starting that in December 2020 actually because the books I'm currently reading are
A Place in the World?: Places, Cultures and Globalization by Jess Massey
Started 01/12/20, currently on page 117/246
This book looks the challenges posed by globalization to the meanings we currently give to place and to culture, and questions the nature of the relationship between them. Issues of identity - cultural, personal, and of place - and the contest over the meanings of places and cultures are set in the context of the changing geography of social power. I'm currently reading about movement and settlement and the impact of forced and unforced mass migration in recent years.
Storm Front by Jim Butcher
Started 02/12/20, currently on page 112/318
Book #1 of the Dresden Files, featuring Harry Dresden, Chicago's first (and only) Wizard P.I. Turns out that 'everyday' world is full of strange and magical things - and most of them don't play well with humans. That's where Harry comes in. It's been so long since I've read this I don't remember a lot of the plot and I'm enjoying rediscovering it all over again
For various reasons, including but not limited to not finishing/sitting my A-Levels, I haven't attended university. I always wanted to study something related to people and/or literature: human geography, sociology, social/cultural anthropology - something like that, preferably a joint honours with English Literature. I'm fascinated by people, society, and cultures, and the stories they tell are just as important for the creation of society as the people, the locale, the belief systems etc.
A lot of universities here have on their websites a breakdown of current modules that make up a particular degree course. And some of them have their reading lists for those modules. You see where this is going now? Yes, I will select a degree course at a university that I wish I had/could attend and work my way through the reading lists.
The course I'm currently looking at is the Human Geography/English Literature degree at Aberystwyth university in Wales, and I'm on the year 1 module 'Power, Place, Identity and Politics' which is
A critical introduction to a number of key themes in human geography. It explores the complex web of identity relations that constitute places and how those relations are imbued with relations of power.It then carries on with modules including
Re-imagining Nineteenth-Century Literature
Literature And The Sea
Greek and Roman Epic and Drama
Contemporary Writing
Introduction to Poetry
Conflict and Change: the making of urban and rural spaces
Living with Global Change
I also enjoy reading urban fantasy and mythology-based fiction (especially adventure) and have missed reading them this last quarter of 2020 so I'm going to make more of an effort to read them in 2021 - both re-reading old favourites, probably discovering those authors have written & released new books recently, and actively seeking new books.
I'm actually starting that in December 2020 actually because the books I'm currently reading are
A Place in the World?: Places, Cultures and Globalization by Jess Massey
Started 01/12/20, currently on page 117/246
This book looks the challenges posed by globalization to the meanings we currently give to place and to culture, and questions the nature of the relationship between them. Issues of identity - cultural, personal, and of place - and the contest over the meanings of places and cultures are set in the context of the changing geography of social power. I'm currently reading about movement and settlement and the impact of forced and unforced mass migration in recent years.
Storm Front by Jim Butcher
Started 02/12/20, currently on page 112/318
Book #1 of the Dresden Files, featuring Harry Dresden, Chicago's first (and only) Wizard P.I. Turns out that 'everyday' world is full of strange and magical things - and most of them don't play well with humans. That's where Harry comes in. It's been so long since I've read this I don't remember a lot of the plot and I'm enjoying rediscovering it all over again
