Literature and Theatre
Literature and Theatre Short Courses.
We will be offering some in-person courses, as well as a selection of online courses too.
Courses marked as (Credit) are open to everyone. As a credit student, you will matriculate as a student at the University of Edinburgh as part of the registration process for these courses. For more information, please visit the Studying for Credit pages.
In-person courses
- Monday, 25 September(11:10-13:00) 3 classes (Course fee: £50/Click here for help with fees and discounts)
Poems taken from: Paterson, D. and Laird, N., 2016. The Zoo of the New. London: Penguin
In term 1 you will study:
- September: Walt Whitman
- October: Gerard Manley Hopkins
- November: Rita Dove and Mary Oliver
Manifesting Destinies: Modern American Short Fiction
- Tuesday, 26 September (14:10-16:00) 10 weeks (Course fee: £165/Click here for help with fees and discounts)
An Introduction to Scottish Literature: The Literature of Edinburgh
- Wednesday, 27 September (11:10-13:00) 10 weeks *Credit* (Course fee: £210/Click here for help with fees and discounts)
- Wednesday, 27 September (18:30-20:20) 10 weeks (Course fee: £165/Click here for help with fees and discounts
- Wednesday, 27 September (14:10-16:00) 10 weeks (Course fee: £165/Click here for help with fees and discounts
- Thursday, 28 September (18:30-20:20) 10 weeks (Course fee: £165/Click here for help with fees and discounts
- Monday, 30 October (11:10-13:00) 5 weeks (Course fee: £80/Click here for help with fees and discounts)
In-person courses
- Monday, 15 January (11:10-13:00) 5 weeks (Course fee: £80/Click here for help with fees and discounts)
Reckless Brevity: The International Short Story
- Tuesday, 16 January (14:10-16:00) 10 weeks (Course fee: £165/Click here for help with fees and discounts)
- Wednesday, 17 January (11:10-13:00) 10 weeks *Credit* (Course fee: £210/Click here for help with fees and discounts)
European Fiction in Translation
- Wednesday, 17 January (14:10-16:00) 10 weeks (Course fee: £165/Click here for help with fees and discounts)
- Wednesday, 17 January (18:30-20:20) 10 weeks (Course fee: £165/Click here for help with fees and discounts)
- Classes on Mondays, 15 January, 19 February, 18 March (11:10-13:00 - 3 classes) (Course fee: £50/Click here for help with fees and discounts)
Poems taken from: Paterson, D. and Laird, N., 2016. The Zoo of the New. London: Penguin
In Term 2 you will study:
- January: W.B. Yeats
- February: Seamus Heaney
- March: Liz Lochhead
- Classes on Fridays, 19 January, 09 February, 08 March (11:10-13:00) 3 classes (Course fee: £50/Click here for help with fees and discounts)
Term 2 theme: The Sea. You will study:
- January: The Sea, The Sea by Iris Murdoch
- February: The Lost Daughter by Elena Ferrante
- March: The Sea by John Banville
Online Courses
Rooms of Their Own: Feminist Thought in Literature (Online)
- Thursday, 18 January (14:10-16:00) 10 weeks *Credit* (Course fee: £210/Click here for help with fees and discounts)
Term 3 (April to June 2024)
In-person courses
- Monday, 15 April (11:10-13:00) 5 weeks (Course fee: £80/Click here for help with fees and discounts)
Banned Books: Novels which have Courted Controversy
- Wednesday, 17 April (11:10-13:00) 10 weeks *Credit* (Course fee: £210/Click here for help with fees and discounts)
Italian Journeys: A Grand Tour in Fiction
- Wednesday, 17 April (18:30-20:20) 10 weeks (Course fee: £165/Click here for help with fees and discounts)
Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Book
- Wednesday, 17 April (14:10-16:00) 10 weeks (Course fee: £165/Click here for help with fees and discounts)
- Classes on Fridays, 26 April, 24 May, 21 June (11:10-13:00) 3 classes (Course fee: £50/Click here for help with fees and discounts)
Term 3 theme: New York. You will study:
- April: Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
- May: If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin
- June: The Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe
- Monday, 20 May (18:30-20:20) 5 weeks (Course fee: £80/Click here for help with fees and discounts)
Online courses
The Contemporary American Novel (Online)
- Thursday, 18 April (18:30-20:20) 10 weeks (Course fee: £165/Click here for help with fees and discounts)
The Modern Scottish Short Story (Online)
- Tuesday, 16 April (14:10-16:00) 10 weeks (Course fee: £165/Click here for help with fees and discounts)
Gender and Sexuality in Literature (Online)
- Thursday, 18 April (14:10-16:00) 10 weeks (Course fee: £210/Click here for help with fees and discounts)
Important Information
For enquiries about the content of the courses in this subject area, please contact Course Organiser, Douglas Dougan by email: lit.phil.col@ed.ac.uk.
For all general enquiries, please contact us by email COL@ed.ac.uk.