Sam Selvon, The Lonely Londoners

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Sam Selvon, The Lonely Londoners provided by OpenLearn is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 10 hours worth of material. Upon completion of the course, you can receive an e-certificate from OpenLearn. The course is taught in Englishand is Free Certificate. Visit the course page at OpenLearn for detailed price information.

Overview
  • 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 ...

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