Author Archives: Professor Sean Scanlan

Hi Class, Here’s a link to the film “Today”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYX2vboa7KM Cheers, Sean

Dear all, I hope that you are finding your way around out course website. Homework for next Tuesday: 1. Buy Steger and Lahiri (see below for ISBN numbers and full details). 2. Read two short stories: Doctorow and Freudenberger (both … Continue reading →

Dear Students,   Welcome to my class. This course site will continue to grow, so please check back every week for new information.   Here are the three books that we will need this semester: (Note: we will start with … Continue reading →

The Clash was an influential punk band in the 1970s and 80s. One of their songs was “Straight to Hell,” (1982)and we might consider it to be a postcolonial song. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdUtborIaiU M.I.A. released “Paper Planes” in 2007. What conversation is … Continue reading →