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TCD School of English Online Evening Lecture Series 2024

 

English Literature

An introduction to major authors of poetry, drama and prose, chosen from among those prescribed for the Leaving Certificate 2025

About this Event
This course, delivered by Trinity School of English staff, will provide an introduction to major authors of poetry, drama and prose through close examination of selected texts, chosen from among those prescribed for the Leaving Certificate. The course will be of special interest to teachers and pupils preparing for the examination but the lectures will be directed towards a more general audience as well.

Date, time and place: 
October 1 - December 10
7pm - 8pm 
Edmund Burke Theatre, Arts Building, Trinity College Dublin 
Trinity College Dublin Nassau Street Dublin Ireland 

About this event 
This course, delivered by Trinity School of English staff, will provide an introduction to major authors of poetry, drama and prose through close examination of selected texts, chosen from among those prescribed for the Leaving Certificate. The course will be of special interest to teachers and pupils preparing for the examination, but the lectures will be directed towards a more general audience as well. 

Fee 
€50 for the entire series. Individual lectures are €5 each. Concessionary rates for the full series will be €40 or individual lectures €4 each. 
The concessionary rate applies to students, OAPs, unemployed, groups of 20+, TCD staff and Graduates. 

Tickets from Eventbrite: 
Please book tickets online using this link to Eventbrite:  
https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/tcd-school-of-english-evening-lectures-michaelmas-term-2024-tickets-1007368294687

Online/Video Recordings of Lectures 
The lectures are happening live in the Edmund Burke Theatre, Arts Building, Trinity College Dublin. However, they will also be recorded. If you purchased a ticket to a particular lecture, to several lectures, or to the entire series, you will be emailed a link to the video recording of the lecture or lectures as soon as these are available (usually the very next day). 
The recordings will be available and watchable at any time until the end of the Evening Lecture series. 

We regret that it has not been possible to livestream the lectures as they happen. 

Lectures: 
1 October 2024 - Dr Ema Vyroubalová: William Shakespeare, King Lear 
8 October 2024 - Dr Mark Sweetnam: Poetry by Gerard Manley Hopkins 
15 October 2024 - Prof Darryl Jones: Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice 
22 October - Reading Week: no lecture 
29 October 2024 - Prof Stephen Matterson: Poetry by Sylvia Plath 
5 November 2024 - Prof Nicholas Grene: Arthur Miller, The Crucible 
12 November 2024 - Dr Tom Walker: Poetry by Patrick Kavanagh 
19 November 2024 - Dr Sinead Moriarty: Tara Westover, Educated 
26 November 2024 - Prof Philip Coleman: Poetry by T. S. Eliot 
3 December 2024 - Dr Una Mannion: Poetry by Tracy K. Smith 
10 December 2024 - Dr Margaret Robson: Pat Barker, The Silence of the Girls 

Contact Details:
Ms Sophia Ni Sheoin
E-mail: wilde@tcd.ie