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Key facts
| Type | Weekly Classes |
|---|---|
| Location | Burford |
| Address | Friends Meeting House Pytts Lane Burford |
| Dates | Wed 3 Oct 2012 to Wed 13 Mar 2013 Day: Wednesday Time of meeting: 10.00am-12 noon Number of meetings: 20 |
| Subject area(s) | Literature |
| CATS points | 20 |
| Fees | From £265.00 |
| Application status | Course ended |
| Course code | E12P553LTW |
| Course contact | If you have any questions about this course, please email ppweekly@conted.ox.ac.uk. |
Overview
Discussion of some striking novels, stories and poems by Hardy, Mann, Yeats, Conrad and others written around the turn of the twentieth century. They explore, often in experimental ways, fresh attitudes to power, sexual behaviour, art and nature.Description
An opportunity to discuss some novels, stories and poetry written around the turn of the twentieth century. They explore, often in experimental ways, fresh attitudes towards questions of power, art, sexual behaviour, religion, and imperialism. They include Thomas Mann's great family novel, 'Buddenbrooks', stories of all-too-human people by Chekhov, Hardy's novel 'Jude the Obscure' which was denounced for immorality, Yeats's superb poetry and the broodingly affecting poetry of Robert Frost, Gide's novella of love and religion, Conrad's mesmerising study of imperialism in 'Heart of Darkness' and, if there is time, a novel of music and obsession published in 1908, 'Maurice Guest' by Henry Handel Richardson. This was a remarkable period for literature and this course explores some of its finest works.Programme details
The works will probably be read in the following order:Thomas Hardy Jude the Obscure
Robert Frost Selected poems – particularly his dramatic monologues
Andre Gide Strait is the Gate
Thomas Mann Buddenbrooks
Anton Chekhov Selected stories from Ward No. 6 and Other Stories, 1892-1895 (Penguin Classics)
W.B.Yeats Selected poetry
Joseph Conrad Heart of Darkness
and (if we have time)
H.H.Richardson Maurice Guest
Staff
Mrs Karen Hewitt
Role: Tutor
Karen Hewitt teaches regularly for OUDCE and in Russian Universities. She wrote 'Understanding English Literature' for Russian readers, and studies...more
Course aims
Course Aim:To study some of the finest works of literature published around 1900.
Course Objectives:
1. To discuss the novels, stories and poetry as individual works of literature;
2. to consider the different outlooks of English, Irish, French, German, Polish, Russian and American writers,
3. to examine the treatment of love, death, art, power and imperialism as presented in these works.
Assessment methods
Reading these poems, novels and novellas with care is part of the assessment. Being willing to comment on the reading is essential. As they build up their knowledge and understanding of these writers, students will be expected to complete some written work each term, either by writing an essay, or shorter pieces such as reviews or commentaries, or by tackling some controversial and entertaining questions. Students’ own ideas for assessment will be considered.Teaching methods
Students try to read the set works before they are discussed in class. Each work will be discussed in detail, and will be used to point up controversial issues, experimental techniques and the relationship between the traditional and the new. The tutor will provide contextual information but the emphasis will be on group discussion and enjoyment.Teaching outcomes
By the end of the course the students will have:studied and enjoyed some challenging works of literature,
they will have explored unfamiliar experiences and unfamiliar points of view,
they will have acquired much miscellaneous information about fanciful interior decoration, how to cook the books, dubious golden birds, the importance of rivets and the dangers of pig's offal.
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