The Monthly Read
If you enjoy reading literature for pleasure, would like to build your confidence in discussing texts and be introduced to new ideas, this course could be for you. This is a supportive group for readers who simply wish to share ideas about books with the guidance of a university tutor. Each term we study three texts linked by a common literary theme.
The Monthly Read: She Has a Secret
| Details | Description |
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| When | Wednesday afternoons 1.30pm - 4.00pm |
| Dates |
3 meetings This course has started. You may wish to read the course description to gain a flavour of what is offered. 1 May, 5 June and 3 July 2019 |
| Where | University of Bristol, Arts Complex, Woodland Road, BS8 1TB |
| Description |
There are dangers - to individuals, to Society and its shibboleths - in secrets, as these novels show. Gaskell's challenged the conventional moral pieties of its age. Braddon's sensational fiction, perhaps the greatest Victorian bestseller, interrogated assumptions about criminality. Hardy light-heartedly (for him) subverted expectations around gender and class in his "novel of ingenuity". |
| Texts |
Elizabeth Gaskell Ruth Mary Elizabeth Braddon Lady Audley's Secret Thomas Hardy The Hand of Ethelberta |
| Course fee | £105 |
| Previous qualifications/experience | No qualifications needed. Open to the public. |
The Monthly Read: Interwar Elsewheres
| Details | Description |
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| When | Wednesday afternoons 1.30pm to 4pm |
| Dates | This course has taken place. You may wish to read the course description to gain a flavour of what is offered. |
| Where | University of Bristol, Arts Complex, Woodland Road, BS8 1TB |
| Description | Huxley's vision of elsewhere is an ambiguous future utopia. His title could apply to Blixen's mythologising memoir of Kenya, where past, present, and multiple cultures collide. Byron adventured into Central Asia, and told his story in a book that changed travel writing forever. |
| Texts |
Aldous Huxley Brave New World Karen Blixen Out of Africa Robert Byron The Road to Oxiana |
| Course fee | University of Bristol, Arts Complex, Woodland Road, BS8 1TB |
| Previous qualifications/experience | No qualifications needed. Open to the public. |
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Contacts
Please address any enquiries about the courses to:
Department of English Part-time Courses
School of Humanities
11 Woodland Road
Bristol BS8 1TB
Email: english-lifelong@bristol.ac.uk
Tel: 0117 928 8924
Booking and course fees
Course fee payments are made using the University secure online shop. Advance booking is required. Booking closes two days prior to the course start date.