Background information
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London in the 70s : www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2013/09/snapshot-27-photos-of-1970s-london
The 70s : www.bbc.com/news/magazine-17703483 Immigration : https://www.striking-women.org/module/map-major-south-asian-migration-flows/post-1947-migration-uk-india-bangladesh-pakistan-and https://lifeintheuktests.co.uk/study-guide/?chapter=3§ion=6 https://www.bl.uk/asians-in-britain http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/pathways/citizenship/brave_new_world/immigration.htm http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/in_depth/uk/2002/race/short_history_of_immigration.stm#1950 |
Interviews
Kureishi :drive.google.com/file/d/1Xx9w3yv662Qt6XDMGSF_YLJVVVhmB7Uk/view?usp=sharing
Kureishi+ Bowie+ Andrews : drive.google.com/file/d/16_KRsuBH87qHcwNQo8HTeXlcZpk14p3k/view?usp=sharing
Bowie : drive.google.com/file/d/1EaCbYDE-4Ux5xwjE345aGue477ENZebl/view?usp=sharing
Kureishi+ Bowie+ Andrews : drive.google.com/file/d/16_KRsuBH87qHcwNQo8HTeXlcZpk14p3k/view?usp=sharing
Bowie : drive.google.com/file/d/1EaCbYDE-4Ux5xwjE345aGue477ENZebl/view?usp=sharing
I mention a clip I found online of a 23-year-old Andrews doing an interview for The Buddha of Suburbia, sandwiched on a park bench between Kureishi and Bowie. He remembers this one, he says. “The interviewer asked [Bowie]: ‘So, how did you feel about doing this?’ And, of course, he’s Bowie. He’s incredibly charming, erudite and he answered the question beautifully. And then it went to Hanif and he said his bit. And Bowie is saying: ‘I’d love to work with these two again.’ And I was thinking: ‘Yeah, right. You’re going to get into the limo and I’m getting the bus home.’
“And then it came to me and they said: ‘So, how do you feel?’ And I kind of looked up at the sky and said: ‘It’s just a job.’ Bowie stopped the interview: ‘Cut! Cut! Cut!’ He grabbed me and took me off and told me: ‘You can’t talk to the press like that.’ So, we came and sat back down and I gave the right answer. But, looking back, I have to say – and if he was here now I’d say it to him – you know what? I was right. It is a job.”
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2022/mar/07/naveen-andrews-the-dropout-booze-drugs-and-lost
Interview : www.theguardian.com/books/2014/jan/19/hanif-kureishi-interview-last-word
Article on the Buddha : www.theguardian.com/books/2020/apr/25/there-were-no-books-about-people-like-me-so-i-wrote-one-myself-hanif-kureishi-on-the-buddha-of-suburbia
https://www.bl.uk/20th-century-literature/articles/an-introduction-to-the-buddha-of-suburbia
https://www.londonfictions.com/hanif-kureishi-the-buddha-of-suburbia.html#
https://www.bl.uk/20th-century-literature/articles/cultural-references-in-the-buddha-of-suburbia
https://www.bl.uk/20th-century-literature/articles/david-bowie
https://www.bl.uk/collection-items/typescript-draft-of-episode-two-of-the-buddha-of-suburbia-tv-series
Article on the Buddha : www.theguardian.com/books/2020/apr/25/there-were-no-books-about-people-like-me-so-i-wrote-one-myself-hanif-kureishi-on-the-buddha-of-suburbia
https://www.bl.uk/20th-century-literature/articles/an-introduction-to-the-buddha-of-suburbia
https://www.londonfictions.com/hanif-kureishi-the-buddha-of-suburbia.html#
https://www.bl.uk/20th-century-literature/articles/cultural-references-in-the-buddha-of-suburbia
https://www.bl.uk/20th-century-literature/articles/david-bowie
https://www.bl.uk/collection-items/typescript-draft-of-episode-two-of-the-buddha-of-suburbia-tv-series
The novel : |
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Inspirations
1) Bowie drive.google.com/file/d/12Vh9pTRejXXE0sXaGgh0GUVrwUlZBTaX/view?usp=sharing
2) Billy Idol drive.google.com/file/d/1cjvOKSXdI3gmz5l5y3EskpGJnbbjoa0v/view?usp=sharing
3) Iggy Pop ??? drive.google.com/file/d/1tRuD8A6EwcPYMbw9U5mi8Onzzb7R8sie/view?usp=sharing
2) Billy Idol drive.google.com/file/d/1cjvOKSXdI3gmz5l5y3EskpGJnbbjoa0v/view?usp=sharing
3) Iggy Pop ??? drive.google.com/file/d/1tRuD8A6EwcPYMbw9U5mi8Onzzb7R8sie/view?usp=sharing
Consider the three different covers of the book : which one do you prefer ? Why ?
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Now turn to key moments in the novel :
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and in the TV adaptation
drive.google.com/file/d/1oACxRAqXScjVpcuKtzGZhZC50cdVwawR/view?usp=sharing
- drive.google.com/file/d/1L5kpO_75gXFRa6eoJCfmgAAcJBK-7toj/view?usp=sharing
- drive.google.com/file/d/1JJubysVqeFtJrMZ99E326uXlB-ZPEA1D/view?usp=sharing
- drive.google.com/file/d/1kwkhBw0wKvstbiX19x7MlCXD6ybmkmIb/view?usp=sharing
- drive.google.com/file/d/1v_aiCyTWqtaVBjwcmVwKORh4fflkjxqs/view?usp=sharing
drive.google.com/file/d/1oACxRAqXScjVpcuKtzGZhZC50cdVwawR/view?usp=sharing
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The reading circle
You are a literary critic and you've been invited to take part in a reading circle in which you'll discuss the Buddha of Suburbia .
In groups, you'll focus on the way the following topics are dealt with in the novel :
NB : each group decides who the group leader, the summarizer, the literary luminar and the word master is*.
*Group leader : You facilitate the discussion, preparing some general questions and ensuring that everyone is involved and engaged.
Summarizer : You give an outline of the plot, highlighting the key moments in the book. More confident readers can touch upon its strengths and weaknesses or give an aesthetic judgment.
Literary Luminar : You select quotes that are especially significant, descriptive, or controversial; make an interesting or engaging plan to have group look at particular passages; and are able to explain the significance of passages.
Word Master : You select vocabulary that may be new, unusual, or used in an interesting way.
In groups, you'll focus on the way the following topics are dealt with in the novel :
- A coming-of-age novel
- England in the 70s
- Literature and arts
- The suburbs
- Climbing up the social ladder
- Clichés and stereotypes
- Sex, love and marriage
- Identity
- Exoticism
- Karim as narrator
- Multiculturalism
NB : each group decides who the group leader, the summarizer, the literary luminar and the word master is*.
*Group leader : You facilitate the discussion, preparing some general questions and ensuring that everyone is involved and engaged.
Summarizer : You give an outline of the plot, highlighting the key moments in the book. More confident readers can touch upon its strengths and weaknesses or give an aesthetic judgment.
Literary Luminar : You select quotes that are especially significant, descriptive, or controversial; make an interesting or engaging plan to have group look at particular passages; and are able to explain the significance of passages.
Word Master : You select vocabulary that may be new, unusual, or used in an interesting way.