Explore the evolution of Gothic literature from the nineteenth century to today. This course traces how writers and artists transformed the Gothic to reflect cultural fears, from haunted castles to modern horrors in film, art, and fiction.
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Accredited courses include undergraduate and postgraduate level courses.
Our hands-on workshop will explore short-form writing – long valued by readers, writers and publishers. 'Writing short' provides writers (beginning and experienced) with an ideal vehicle for creativity, with a focus on style, experimentation and editing.
Delve into Virginia Woolf’s writing desk to discover how she viewed the challenges of writing a novel. Guided by her theory of fiction, we will learn how she developed her unique style in 'Jacob’s Room', 'Mrs Dalloway' and 'To the Lighthouse'.
Shakespeare knows that human experience is always bittersweet. In the comedies, 'Much Ado About Nothing' and 'Measure for Measure' he explores how clouds of desire and deceit can dim the sunniest of days, before a happy ending can be written.
Explore Middle-earth as Tolkien’s true protagonist. Learn how real landscapes, languages, and history shaped his world, and how place drives story. Guided by an expert, this course uncovers how geography and imagination create a living literary landscape.
Chaucer’s 'The Canterbury Tales' is one of the most important, and entertaining, literary works in English. We’ll read a selection of tales and trace how they and their author retained their influence and popularity into the 21st century.
This course offers an opportunity to share insights with others into ten outstanding Irish texts. Together, we will explore their themes, the means writers employ to draw us into characters’ lives, and the contexts from which their stories emerged.
Bring Shakespeare’s words to life by performing them. This practical course combines acting workshops and rehearsals of scenes and soliloquies, helping you deepen your understanding of Shakespeare’s craft and develop confidence on stage.
This course celebrates the guitar and its music. Musicians have used the guitar to express themselves in a huge variety of styles. It surveys the development of acoustic and electric guitars from the C16th to the present with in-class demonstrations.
The Victorian author Thomas Hardy was sensitive to the patterns of the past and to the tragic inevitabilities of human nature. By studying his poetry and prose, this course examines Hardy’s philosophy and belief in the roles of men and women.
This course will explore the vital role which patronage played with respect to the art and architecture of the Italian Renaissance.
Have you ever been moved by a poem and wondered, 'how did the author do that?' This course offers an introduction to the foundations of poetry, exploring rhythm, rhyme and structure from both practical and theoretical perspectives.