Section outline

  • 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)