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- Classic drama: Antigone, Measure for Measure, The Country WifeCourse start date: Mon 13 May 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Jenny StevensWe will read and discuss three classic plays: Sophocles’ Antigone, Shakespeare's Measure for Measure and William Wycherley’s The Country Wife. Focusing closely on structure, language and tone, we will consider how dramatists across time have explored themes such as sexual politics, family relationships and state power through their plays, as well as considering the social, cultural and historical contexts in which they were produced.Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £183.00 Concession £149.00 - Contemporary British and international fiction
Course start date: Wed 18 Sep 2024Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Aamer HusseinWe explore a brief and careful selection of recent novels in English, considering aspects of literature and the lives of writers, examining the contemporary perspective from which we reread and reinterpret classic texts to bridge the gap between past and present. Writers include Edward St Aubyn, Kathy O’Shaughnessy, Hari Kunzri, Malaysian novelist Tan Twan Eng, and British-Palestinian Isabella Hammad.Full fee £249.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £162.00 - City Lit reading group 2 Course start date: Fri 20 Sep 2024 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Patricia SweeneyShare thoughts and ideas about what you are reading, with books chosen by the group. Please come to the first session with suggestions (contemporary literary fiction in paperback) and having read 'The Wren, The Wren' by Anne Enright. Monthly meetings take place on 20 Sept, 25 Oct, 29 Nov; 17 Jan, 21 Feb, 21 March, 02 May, 30 May and 27 June.Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £183.00 Concession £149.00 - Italian 4: module 1Course start date: Mon 23 Sep 2024 (and 6 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Evi CampetellaQuesti corsi ti daranno la possibilità di analizzare e discutere articoli giornalistici, testi letterari e programmi televisi. Praticherai continuamente tutte le abilità linguistiche di ascolto, comprensione ed espressione scritta ed orale. È necessario un livello avanzato di Italiano (aver fatto Italian 3 upper o equivalente).
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £175.00 Concession £142.00 - Key Texts of 20th and 21st century drama: Harvey Granville Baker, Tom Stoppard, Lucy PrebbleCourse start date: Mon 23 Sep 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Jenny StevensThis course will explore the concerns, styles and influences of three dramatic texts from the 20th and 21st centuries and how they reflect the social, political and cultural conditions in which they were written. It focuses primarily on Harley Granville Barker’s Waste, Tom Stoppard’s The Real Thing, and Lucy Prebble’s The Effect, making multiple connections between them as the course progresses.Full fee £249.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £162.00 - Italian 3 upper: module 1Course start date: Mon 23 Sep 2024 (and 3 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Veronica De FeliceQuesti corsi ti daranno la possibilità di migliorare le tue capacità di comprensione ed espressione scritta ed orale e sono basati sull'uso di materiale audiovisivo, lettura, discussione e pratica grammaticale. È necessario aver completato il livello 3 lower o equivalente. Il corso si basa sul libro Nuovo Espresso 3 (Alma Edizioni).
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £175.00 Concession £142.00 - Italian 2 upper: module 1 Course start date: Mon 23 Sep 2024 (and 4 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Paola NorthItalian 2 upper is our third year of Italian, after Italian beginners and Italian 2 lower. Italian 2 upper learners are now approaching intermediate levels, and this year they will continue learning new grammar while they expand their vocabulary and consolidate the language learned in their previous courses. The emphasis is on the development of your oral skills, but there will be opportunities to improve in all areas.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £219.00 Concession £142.00 - Italian 4: lingua e letteraturaCourse start date: Mon 23 Sep 2024 (and 3 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Roberto MinardiMigliorerai la tua capacità espressiva attraverso la lettura e la discussione di un testo letterario e l'esercitazione grammaticale.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £249.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £162.00 - Italian 5: Italia oggiCourse start date: Mon 23 Sep 2024 (and 3 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Silvana Vistolaitalian 5: Italia oggi è un corso avanzato per praticare l'Italiano, utilizzando testi e materiale audio-visivo. Affronteremo temi sull'Italia contemporanea attraverso letteratura, programmi televisi, giornalismo, film, pubblicità ed….esperienze personali.Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £219.00 Concession £142.00 - Italian rapidamente: module 1 Course start date: Tue 24 Sep 2024 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Evi CampetellaThis course for beginners is suitable if you already speak a Romance language such as Spanish, French, Portuguese or Romanian. It might also be suitable if you would like to learn at a much faster pace. This course, together with Italian rapidamente: module 2 and Italian rapidamente: module 3 covers years one and two (Italian 1 and Italian 2 Lower) of our Italian programme. Expect more homework than in other courses.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £219.00 Concession £142.00 - Great European Short StoriesCourse start date: Tue 24 Sep 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Julian BirkettThe short story in Europe has characteristics all of its own. While British, Irish and American stories are rooted in psychological realism, many European writers have tended towards a more philosophical approach, reflecting the concerns of the modern age as experienced by the sensibilities of individual writers. Authors such as Thomas Mann, Franz Kafka and Albert Camus are masters of the kinds of tale which ask profound question about the nature of our existence. They are also supreme stylists capable of sustaining a gripping narrative. - Italian 4 pratica e perfezionamento: module 1Course start date: Tue 24 Sep 2024
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Evi CampetellaQuesta classe ti offre la possibilità di consolidare il tuo livello intermedio/avanzato di Italiano. Pratica e perfeziona i punti grammaticali studiati al livello 3 upper o Italian 4. Il corso è basato sull'uso di materiale audiovisivo, lettura e conversazione.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information. - Italian 3/4: module 1Course start date: Wed 25 Sep 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Roberto MinardiQuesta classe ti offre la possibilità di consolidare il tuo livello intermedio/avanzato di Italiano. Pratica e perfeziona i punti grammaticali studiati al livello 3 upper. Perfetta per chi non si sente ancora pronto per un livello 4 e vuole continuare ad approfondire la grammatica.
Please note that this course takes place at our college in Covent Garden. - From Nonsense to the Surreal: Edward Lear to Angela CarterCourse start date: Wed 25 Sep 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Laurie SmithSurrealism is one of the great developments of 20th century literature. It’s different from the fantasies of previous centuries (fairy and folk tales, imaginative stories set in remote parts of the world, satires, science fiction) because it expresses complex bizarre experiences that many people recognise as possibly part of themselves. It may reflect desires which are difficult to admit but are sometimes expressed with wit and humour. We explore how surrealism developed from the apparent nonsense of three 19th century English writers.Full fee £249.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £162.00 - Italian beginners at a gentle pace: module 1
Course start date: Wed 25 Sep 2024 (and 1 other date)Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Rosanna CarlàDo you want to start learning Italian but worry that you might not be able to keep up? Our Italian at a gentle pace courses are designed to cover the same material as our standard Italian courses, but at a slightly slower pace, and with more opportunities for revision built in.Full fee £239.00 Senior fee £191.00 Concession £155.00
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