Faculty of English - Introductions
By Oxford University
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Description
This series brings together lectures given by members of Oxford’s Faculty of English as Open Day taster lectures or as introductory lectures for undergraduates. The series covers a diverse range of topics, drawing on the Faculty’s wide-ranging research into English Language and Literature.
| Name | Description | Released | Price | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | VideoTheatre, 1660-1760 - The Arrival of the Actress | David Taylor on the arrival of female actors on the stage. | 14 3 2019 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 2 | VideoTheatre, 1660-1760 - Restoration and Change | David Taylor lectures on the reopening of the theatres in the 1660s. | 14 3 2019 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 3 | VideoRace and Empire, 1660-1760 | Ruth Scobie lectures on race and empire, 1660-1760. | 14 3 2019 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 4 | VideoDrama and the Theatre, 1660-1760 | Abigail Williams lectures on the staging of Restoration drama. | 14 3 2019 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 5 | VideoLiterature and Gender, 1660-1760 | Kathleen Keown considers representations of gender in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. | 7 3 2019 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 6 | VideoManuscript and Print, 1660–1760 | Carly Watson outlines the material forms in which literary texts circulated between 1660 and 1760. | 7 3 2019 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 7 | VideoWhat is a Literary Period? | Clare Bucknell considers how we define a literary period. | 7 3 2019 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 8 | VideoNineteenth-Century Stuff - Dickens, Paperwork and Paper Sorrows | Sophie Ratcliffe investigates the material culture of the Victorians, using examples from Charles Dickens. | 7 3 2019 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 9 | VideoWhat is a War Poem? | Kate McLoughlin explores how we might define a war poem. | 7 3 2019 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 10 | VideoDiaries as Literature - The Case of Virginia Woolf | Michael Whitworth considers whether diaries are literature, looking particularly at the diaries of Virginia Woolf. | 7 3 2019 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 11 | VideoCharacter in Modern Drama | Kirsten Shepherd-Barr investigates 'character' in Modern Drama | 7 3 2019 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 12 | VideoBrilliant Paradoxes and Corrosive Epigrams; or Why Oscar Wilde Went to Trial | Sos Eltis looks at Oscar Wilde’s 1895 trial. | 4 3 2019 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 12 Items |
- Free
- Category: Language Learning
- Language: English
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