New EarthDiverse course: "Villains in Spy Thriller Fiction: 1880-2000"
Join EarthDiverse in one of its newest Literature courses entitled "Villains in Spy Thriller Fiction: 1880-2000." This course meets Wednesdays 11:00am-1:00pm (New Zealand Time) and is available as an in-person course or via Zoom from anywhere in the world with a good internet connection.
Description: How have spy thrillers as we know them developed? This survey of spy thriller fiction published between 1880 and 2000 sets the books in their historical context and shows how they reflect the politics of the time in which the books were published. Spy thrillers also document our own social history and reveal many important issues for us to think about. We will look at the role women characters play in spy fiction and think about why the villains in spy fiction are usually Russian.
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Many New Zealand gardens aren’t seeing as many monarch butterflies fluttering around their swan plants and flower beds these days — the hungry Asian paper wasp has been taking its toll.
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