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From the plays of Shakespeare to the writings of Salman Rushdie and the English-speaking world, dive into an introduction of British literature!
Course Description
The course provides an informative overview of English literature. We'll explore the extraordinary range of Shakespeare’s language – from tense soliloquies and contemplative sonnets to comic repartee, from the calm simplicity of Macbeth’s ‘If it were done …’ to his nightmarish, multi-syllabic anguish later in the same speech. We also talk about topics in our chosen play such as gender relations, the Renaissance stage, conceptions of evil, and the conventions of comedy and tragedy. In contrast, students will explore modern post-colonial literature emanating from the English-speaking diaspora in Asia, Africa and the Americas.
Out of class field trips may include visits to beautiful Cambridge colleges: we discuss some poems in the places where their authors studied, S.T. Coleridge at Jesus College, Ted Hughes at Pembroke, Sylvia Plath at Newnham. There are also opportunities to do some writing of your own – extra scenes for a play perhaps, a female answer to a male love-poem. Come, learn and enjoy Literature at Murray Edwards College!
Admissions Criteria
Completed Summer Discovery application
Program Outcomes
Disclaimer
Information subject to change as program updates come in for 2025!
Summer Discovery Certificate of Completion
After successfully finishing this course, you will be awarded a certification completion for your accomplishment.
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