The University of Sheffield - Literature of the English Country House
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Literature of the English Country House at FutureLearn Overview
Duration | 6 weeks |
Total fee | ₹2,763 |
Mode of learning | Online |
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Credential | Certificate |
Literature of the English Country House at FutureLearn Highlights
- Duration 6 weeks
- Weekly study 3 hours
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Literature of the English Country House at FutureLearn Course details
- For over 450 years, country houses have attracted the attention of celebrated writers like Jane Austen and Charles Dickens. On this course we will trace this history with experts from the
- who will share with us the approaches that they take in their own research.
- Through the course you will investigate and discuss the role and representation of the English country house in literature, and learn how to build your own authoritative interpretation of these texts.
Literature of the English Country House at FutureLearn Curriculum
Introduction
Welcome to the course
An introduction to close reading
Thomas More's 'Utopia'
Research approaches: literature and history
Quiz and review
Reconstructing the literature of the country house
Welcome to Week 2
Research approaches: context, composition and reception
Working with manuscript material
Quiz and review
Additional activity
Politeness and the 18th-century country house
From coffee houses to country houses: politeness and conversation in the 18th century
Understanding print culture
Women, politics and the literature of the country house
Quiz and review
Minds and manners: Jane Austen and the country house
The country house in 'Pride and Prejudice'
Quiz and a look forward to next week
Additional activities
The malevolent or reclusive owner
Nameless deeds
Research Approaches: intertextuality
Behind closed doors: 'Great Expectations' and the reclusive owner
Quiz and reflections on the week
Exit through the giftshop: Transformation
Oscar Wilde and the end of the century
'The Importance of Being Earnest'
Wilde times
Check your understanding
Making connections
Final reflections
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Student Forum
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