Syllabus 2020

Week 1 (18/2/20)

Introduction/ Essay writing skills

Week 2 (25/2/20)

Text: ‘St Paul's Cathedral has Risen above its critics for 300 years’

Presentation: The Great Fire of London (1666) in the Historical Context

Week 3 (3/3/20)

Text: ‘St Paul's Cathedral has Risen above its critics for 300 years’

Presentation: Christopher Wren

Week 4 (10/3/20)

Text: ‘St Paul's Cathedral has Risen above its critics for 300 years’

Presentation: The Architecture of St. Paul’s Cathedral, London

Week 5 (17/3/20)

Text: from William Blake and his Circle

Presentation: English Romanticism

Week 6 (24/3/20)

Text: from William Blake and his Circle

Presentation: The Life of William Blake

Week 7 (31/3/20)

Text: from William Blake and his Circle

Presentation: William Blake as a Painter

Week 8 (7/4/20)

Text: ‘Millais’s Christ in the House of His Parents’

Presentation: Pre-Raphaelite Movement

Week 9 (21/4/20)

Text: ‘Millais’s Christ in the House of His Parents’

Presentation: John Everett Millais

Week 10 (28/4/20)

Text: ‘Millais’s Christ in the House of His Parents’

Presentation: Close analysis of one Pre-Raphaelite Painting

ESSAY DEADLINE

Week 11 (5/5/20)

Text: J.R.R. Tolkien: ‘Leaf by Niggle’

Presentation: English art between the wars

Week 12 (12/5/20)            

Text: J.R.R. Tolkien: ‘Leaf by Niggle’

Presentation: J. R. R. Tolkien – Life and Work

Week 13 (19/5/20)            

Text: J.R.R. Tolkien: ‘Leaf by Niggle’       

Concluding discussion

Assessment:

1. Active class participation (maximum 2 absences)

2. Oral Presentation (10-15 min) including a one-page handout for the rest of the class.

3. 600-word essay connected to one theme of the class (2 attempts to rewrite)