The Monthly Read with Dr Stephen Derry
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: Autumn Term
| Details | Description |
|---|---|
| When | Wednesday afternoons 1.30pm - 4.00pm |
| Dates |
3 meetings 16 October, 13 November and 11 December 2019 |
| Where | University of Bristol, Arts Complex, Woodland Road, BS8 1TB |
| Description |
Party People: The interwar period combined grimness and gaiety, and was a great age of party-going. We will examine three classic novels based around party culture. |
| Texts |
F.Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby Evelyn Waugh, Vile Bodies Dorothy L Sayers, Gaudy Night
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| Course fee |
£115 per course Book your place |
| Previous qualifications/experience | No qualifications needed. Open to the public. |
The Monthly Read: Spring Term
| Details | Description |
|---|---|
| When | Wednesday afternoons 1.30pm to 4pm |
| Dates |
3 meetings 29 January, 26 February and 25 March 2020 |
| Where | University of Bristol, Arts Complex, Woodland Road, BS8 1TB |
| Description | Femmes Fatale: Meet three of literature's most attractive, enigmatic, and beguiling female leads - perhaps villainesses. You decide! |
| Texts |
Max Beerbohm, Zuleika Dobson Daphne Du Maurier, My Cousin Rachel Wilkie Collins, Armadale
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| Course fee | £115 per course. Booking opens 1 November 2019 |
| Previous qualifications/experience | No qualifications needed. Open to the public. |
The Monthly Read: Summer Term
| Details | Description |
|---|---|
| When | Wednesday afternoons 1.30pm - 4.00pm |
| Dates |
3 meetings 22 April, 13 May and 10 June 2020 |
| Where | University of Bristol, Arts Complex, Woodland Road, BS8 1TB |
| Description | A for Adultery: Traditionally novels end with marriages. Here we explore three classic texts where marriage is just the beginning of the drama .... |
| Texts |
J.W. Von Goethe, Elective Affinites Nathaniel Hawthorne The Scarlet Letter Anthony Trollope He Knew he was Right
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| Course fee | £115 per course. Booking opens 1 November 2019 |
| Previous qualifications/experience | No qualifications needed. Open to the public. |
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.