English Literature and LanguageEnglish Literature and LanguageShakespeare on the Couch: As You Like It (Saturday 10am - 4pm)DescriptionPlease note that the ‘last booking’ date is only a guide. Courses may close earlier. In order to avoid disappointment, please be sure to enrol as soon as possible. Registrations may not be processed until the following day if received after 3pm. This one-day course will focus on one of Shakespeare’s most popular comedies. We will consider the significance of the forest of Arden, the powers of love, complex cross-dressing confusions and the centrality of Rosalind as the dominant character in the play. The ‘Seven Ages of Man’ speech will be reconsidered as will the themes of exile and return, love and forgiveness. Number of Meetings1 Course LeaderDr Kate O'Leary & David Rice CRN 28141/ENGL000 Course FeesCourse Fee: Full Fee: £55 Click here for information on our fee bands and further enrolment information
European Literature in Translation: Voices from Eastern Europe (Friday 11am - 1pm)DescriptionPlease note that the ‘last booking’ date is only a guide. Courses may close earlier. In order to avoid disappointment, please be sure to enrol as soon as possible. Registrations may not be processed until the following day if received after 3pm. On this course we will be looking at three novels from eastern Europe, from countries which were formerly part of the Eastern bloc: Albania, Hungary and Poland. Though very different from each other in many ways, all the writers - Kadare, Kertesz and Tokarczuk – explore fundamental questions about community, childhood, the effects of war and repression, travel and the true meaning of progress. Number of Meetings 10 Course Leader Mark Halton CRN 28139/ENGL000 Course FeesCourse Fee: Standard Fee: £155/Concession £80 Click here for information on our fee bands and further enrolment information
The Monthly Novel: Family Histories (Friday 11am - 2pm)DescriptionPlease note that the ‘last booking’ date is only a guide. Courses may close earlier. In order to avoid disappointment, please be sure to enrol as soon as possible. Registrations may not be processed until the following day if received after 3pm. On this course we shall read 3 novels where family history is explored in relation to wider historical and social forces. Number of Meetings 3 Course Leader Dr Shirley Jones CRN 28137/ENGL000 Course FeesCourse Fee: Standard Fee: £70/Concession £35 Click here for information on our fee bands and further enrolment information
Dorothy Wordsworth (Saturday 10am - 4pm)DescriptionPlease note that the ‘last booking’ date is only a guide. Courses may close earlier. In order to avoid disappointment, please be sure to enrol as soon as possible. Registrations may not be processed until the following day if received after 3pm. Sister of the more famous William; Dorothy Wordsworth started to write her narrative of Lakeland life to give ‘Wm Pleasure’ and to console herself in his absence. The 4 little notebooks that have become known as the Grasmere Journal convey the details of the everyday at Dove Cottage which encompasses cows and Coleridge; bowels and botany; porridge and poetry. There’s a domestic drama of love and loss in the pages too. This short course will consider Dorothy’s distinctive text and her inspirational powers of observation. Number of Meetings 1 Course Leader Dr Shirley Jones CRN 28138/ENGL000 Course FeesCourse Fee: Full Fee: £55 Click here for information on our fee bands and further enrolment information
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