Explore eco-feminist dystopias and utopias that challenge how we live and imagine galvanizing visions of the future. Themes such as spirituality, indigenous writing, separatism and apocalypse will be considered.
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Explore the evolution of the English garden from the Norman conquest of 1066 to the present day. Discover the people and ideas which have influenced that evolution, from monastic and castle gardens to everyone's garden in a democratic age.
Exploring Latin America through the literary works of Gabriel García Márquez, Mario Vargas Llosa and Isabel Allende. Journey into the political, social and magical fabric of the region, where reality and fantasy intertwine seamlessly.
The number and range of bizarre, suspicious deaths in and around Oxford colleges in fiction and TV adaptations is huge. We will explore the key elements of this murderous genre, and use them to plan a new and original murder mystery.
From Tolkien's chief sources to Elvish mythology, this course offers a masterclass in world-building and the meaning of 'The Silmarillion'. Led by a world-class Tolkien expert at the university where Middle-earth was created.
The period before the First World War saw a proliferation of artists’ colonies in Europe: Arles, Grez, Skagen, St. Ives, Newlyn, Barbizon, Concarneau. We look at some of the brilliant art produced in France, Britain and Denmark by stream and by shore.
An interactive, discursive course exploring the history and traditions of folktales and folklore. Exercises in class combine creative writing, research, storytelling and literature.
This course will examine the enduringly popular novels of Jane Austen, considering her novelistic technique and development, and her place among women writers in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
The figure of the Victorian detective remains hugely popular in literature and media. This course will examine why, looking at the rationality, reliability and remoteness of this intriguing character by exploring three classic Victorian detective novels.
Explore your passion. Expand your horizons. Create your own unique Oxford University programme with the part-time and flexible Undergraduate Certificate of Higher Education.
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
The MSt in Literature and Arts is an interdisciplinary Oxford University master’s, which encompasses literature, history, art, architectural history, political thought and the history of ideas.