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Key facts
| Type | Day and Weekend |
|---|---|
| Location | Oxford |
| Address | 1 Rewley House Wellington Square Oxford OX1 2JA. |
| Dates | Sat 24 Nov 2012 |
| Subject area(s) | Literature |
| Fees | From £60.00 |
| Application status | Course ended |
| Course code | O12P176LTJ |
| Course contact | If you have any questions about this course, please email ppdayweek@conted.ox.ac.uk. |
Overview
When and how the English novel came into being has been hotly debated. What is not in question is that early examples are experimental, exciting, and endlessly fascinating. This day school will examine some iconic and some less well-known examples of the earliest forms of narrative fiction in English Literature.Programme details
9:15 Registration9:30 Dr Nicole Pohl Women Writers and the Early Novel
10:45 Tea and Coffee
11:15 Dr Freya Johnston Early Novels and Their Readers: An Overview
12:30 Break
13:00 Lunch
14:00 Dr Abigail Williams, ‘Making it up’: Jonathan Swift and Authenticity in the
Early Eighteenth-century Novel
15:15 Tea and Coffee
15:45 Dr Megan Hiatt The Novels of Daniel Defoe: ‘A Genre of Deception’
17:00 Course ends
Staff
Dr Sandie Byrne
Role: Director of Studies
Sandie Byrne was formerly Fellow and Tutor in English at Balliol College, Oxford, and Chair of English at Lincoln University. She is now University...more
Dr Megan Hiatt
Role: Speaker
Megan Hiatt’s doctoral thesis was ‘Domestic Regulation: The Marriage Act of 1753 and the Language of Nuptial Reform’. She has taught...more
Dr Freya Johnston
Role: Speaker
Freya Johnston is University Lecturer and Fellow and Tutor in English at St Anne’s College, Oxford. She is the author and editor of many works on...more
Dr Nicole Pohl
Role: Speaker
Nicole Pohl is Reader in Early Modern Literature and Critical Theory at Oxford Brookes University. She has published a number of books and articles...more
Dr Abigail Williams
Role: Speaker
Abigail Williams is University Lecturer and Lord White Fellow and Tutor in English at St Peter’s College, Oxford. She is the author of Poetry and the...more
Recommended reading
It will be useful to read some novels by the authors referred to in the lectures. This might include Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe, Moll Flanders; Jonathan Swift, Gulliver’s Travels, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, and Laurence Sterne, Tristram Shandy. These are all available in (among other editions) Oxford World’s Classics and Penguin editions.Accommodation
Accommodation is often available in Rewley House for those who wish to stay on the night before a course. Please contact our Residential Centre on 01865 270362 for details of availability and prices.Fee options
- Programme Fee
- Tuition fee: £60.00
- Catering
- Baguette lunch: £3.50
- Full lunch: £11.00
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