Autumn Term 2023
Theme: The Writer and the World
SEPTEMBER |
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| Tuesday 19th September | Roisin O’Grady The musical lives of three Irish female composers: Annie Patterson (1886-1934) Inagh Boyle (1889-1967), Joan Trimble (1915-2000). |
| Tuesday 26th September | James Harper Imagining Kells: An illustrated talk on writing about the book of Kells “ |
OCTOBER |
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| Monday 2nd October |
Dr. Muirish O Sullivan Knockroe Passage tomb – an archive of Stone Age life and death. |
| Monday 9th & Tuesday 10th October | Dr James Heaney
Introduction Boccaccio: Decameron Biography Artistic and historical context |
| Monday 16th & Tuesday 17th October |
Introduction and Day One Story Introduction and analysis Story Analysis x 2 |
| Monday 23rd & Tuesday 24th October |
Story Analysis x 2 ‘Griselda’ tale and ‘Conclusion’. |
Halloween Bank Holiday |
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NOVEMBER |
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| Monday 6th & Tuesday 7th November | Dr James Heaney
Shakespeare – Biog. artistic and historical contexts Twelfth Night |
| Monday 13th & Tuesday 14th November |
Twelfth Night – Discussion and Analysis |
| Monday 20th & Tuesday 21st November |
Jonathan Swift – Discussion and Analysis Swift – A modest proposal – Discussion and Analyis |
| Monday 27th & Tuesday 28th November |
Swift – A modest proposal |
DECEMBER |
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Monday 4th & Tuesday 5th |
Dr James Heaney
White Teeth – discussion and analysis |
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Monday 11th & Tuesday 12th |
White Teeth discussion and analysis |
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Christmas Break |
