The University has been running the specialist Literature Summer School since 1986. The programme offers an opportunity to live and study in surroundings which have sustained a long and distinguished literary tradition. Former students at Cambridge include poets, playwrights and novelists such as Milton, Byron, Tennyson, and Rupert Brooke, and more recent figures such as Ted Hughes, Sylvia Plath, and Salman Rushdie.
Both I A Richards and F R Leavis studied and taught at Cambridge, which continues to be an important centre of literary creativity and forum for critical debate.The academic programme• Plenary course GH0: Relationships and Rivalries• Four special subject courses (two for each week) • General evening lectures Plenary lecturesYou attend a plenary lecture each teaching day. These lectures are given by distinguished guest speakers and address the theme Interpretations.
The lectures draw on writing of many different kinds and periods, and offer you a rich variety of voices, approaches, and models of critical thought. Taken as a whole, this course of lectures will bring fresh perspectives to familiar masterpieces and encourage exploration in new directions.Special subject coursesThe core of your programme will be your chosen special subject courses, each meeting five times.
This allows for close and continuing discussion, and you will be expected to have done substantial preparatory reading before you arrive in Cambridge.'Cambridge English' has, since the 1930s, been distinguished by detailed attention to the text and students should expect the discipline of close reading to be the foundation of all work in the classes. However widely discussion ranges during classes, lecturers and students will normally have texts open for continual reference, illustration and analysis.
Period
10-07-2011 - 06-08-2011 (4 weeks)
Target group
The Literature Summer School is designed to meet the needs of graduate and undergraduate students, teachers and professionals with a specific interest in this discipline.
Course aim
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Credits
0.0 ECTS creditsThe University of Cambridge does not use a credit system for the awarding of its internal degrees, and cannot award credit directly for its International Summer School Programmes. Students wishing to obtain credit as a result of our evaluation should consult their own institutions in advance about the acceptability of the Summer School evaluation for credit purposes.
Course fee
GBP 935Tuition fee only
Course leader
G Frederick Parker
University of Cambridge
Address: Madingley Rise Madingley Road
Postal code: CB3 0TX
City: Cambridge
Country: Great Britain
Website: http://www.cont-ed.cam.ac.uk/intsummer/
E-mail: intenq@cont-ed.cam.ac.uk
Phone: +44 (0) 1223 760850
Literature
