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This course will give you a kaleidoscopic picture of colonialism as a dark and self-revealing experience, through the lenses of Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness, Virginia Woolf's The Voyage Out, and Katherine Mansfield's New Zealand stories.

This course is designed for anyone who would like to sing, but feels that they can't. Through a mixture of seminars and workshops, consideration will be given to various common vocal problems and their solutions.

Everyone has an interesting life story and this course will enable you to present your own. We shall consider different ways of exploring the life of an individual in ways which recognise each person as unique.

Want to learn how to write fiction, or hone your skills? This course demystifies the process and craft of fiction writing with many practical tips and tricks. The emphasis is on learning through doing your own writing, in a fun and supportive atmosphere.

What makes a compelling character, and how do we write one? In this course we'll look at the characters we love and investigate how to breathe life into characterisation in our own work through a series of practical writing exercises and class discussion.

You will learn and hone essential techniques for writing traditional forms of poetry, as well as free verse, in the talks and workshops of this course.

How can art give form to the invisible? This course explores the theological and philosophical idea of beauty in Renaissance art, examining how artists used various visual elements to make the divine visible.

Through Austen's six major works, examine the innovations and groundbreaking experimentalism that she brought to English literature and the development of the novel form. Explore her technical prowess and her astute engagement with key issues of her time.

Explore the piano repertoire in a lively mixture of talks and workshops, in which all students will have regular opportunities to play. We will focus on technique, but workshop sessions will also cover interpretation. Open to players of all levels.

Have you ever wondered why people study poetry? Have you ever read a poem and thought, 'Is there a way I should be reading this?' Have you ever been intimidated by poetry? If the answer is 'yes' to any of these questions, then this course is for you.

The DPhil in Literature and Arts is a part-time, interdisciplinary research degree that enables students to undertake advanced doctoral study of the British past from c.1450 to c.1945. Bringing together approaches from literary studies, art history and cultural history, the course supports original research that reflects the richness and complexity of Britain’s cultural life across… Continue reading DPhil in Literature and Arts

Discover the richness and diversity of Oxford's art collections. Explore first hand the many facets of world-class museums and galleries, such as the Ashmolean, History of Science, Natural History, and Pitt Rivers museums.