The decade from the late 1950s to the late 1960s was an unusually rich time for British culture: a new generation of novelists, playwrights, and directors set about rocking the boat of mainstream culture (a generation associated with more or less useful labels such as the ‘British New Wave’, ‘New Cinema’, or ‘The Angry Young Men’). At the heart of this cultural conjuncture – and, to some extent, in contrast to previous artistic fashions – was a determination to represent the British working class. What did this reframing involve geographically, socially, and stylistically? The aim of this seminar series will be, on the one hand, to use these materials to practise and improve your command of English, while, on the other hand, to problematize the representation of class in art.