University of York
- Start Date: 15 Jul, 2024
- 3 weeks
- Study Content: Videos
Explore the works of acclaimed 20th-century writer, James Joyce, his life, contexts, and his place in modern culture.
Course Fee: Free
Certificate Cost: See Fees and Eligibility
Course Description
This course is made available through the eLearnAfrica and FutureLearn partnership.
Explore Joyce: Portrait of the Artist, Dubliners, Ulysses, and Finnegans Wake
James Joyce was an iconic figure in international modernist literature, renowned for his formal and linguistic experimentation.
On this three-week course from the University of York, explore the works of James Joyce, from his early fiction to his later modernist masterpieces. Along the way, you’ll consider Joyce’s work alongside literary, social and ethical concepts, and the controversies his writing generated.
You’ll read alongside our team of expert academics, who’ll guide you through important moments in Joyce’s work and help to develop an understanding of Joyce in his historical and literary contexts.
Examine James Joyce’s life and most well-known works
Begin this course by examining Joyce as a young man, exploring Joyce’s early life, his influences, and the contexts from which his writing emerged. You’ll also review Joyce’s short story collection, Dubliners, and semi-autobiographical work, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.
Dissect Joyce’s experimentalist approach and influence on modern culture
Explore Joyce’s more experimental works; first, his modernist masterpiece Ulysses, and then, the multilingual achievement, Finnegans Wake.
Along the way, think about Joycean forms, including the short story, Bildungsroman, comedy, epic, and dream writing, as well as Joycean themes, such as religion, colonialism, gender, race and revolution.
Grasp challenging concepts with literary experts
Throughout this course, you’ll feel supported by the University of York’s team of literary experts, specialists in Irish fiction, poetry, and drama.
You’ll also join an international cohort of like-minded learners and readers, offering new perspectives and insights into Joyce’s works.
This course is designed for enthusiastic readers and learners of 20th-century Irish literature. No matter if you’ve read a James Joyce novel before or are exploring his work for the first time, this course will help you break down complex texts with ease.
Certificate cost may vary. You will be redirected to the host page for cost and payment options.
University of York
The University of York combines the pursuit of academic excellence with a culture of inclusion, which encourages everyone – from a variety of backgrounds – to achieve their best. We are a high-performing, research-intensive Russell Group university, committed to providing an environment where great minds can thrive.
We support our students’ ambitions by offering opportunities to develop and grow, and to learn from the diverse skills and perspectives in our community. Through this approach, we create independent critical thinkers of the future who prosper in a global workplace.
York’s diverse community makes it an inspiring and exciting place to work. Our academics are world-leading in their field, undertaking research that has a global impact and is supported by an informal culture which fosters interdisciplinary collaboration. At York, students are taught by these researchers and benefit from their extensive knowledge and real-world experience.
Situated in the historic and cosmopolitan city of York, the University’s green and open campus is an excellent environment in which to live and to learn.
This institution is available on eLearnAfrica through partnership with FutureLearn.
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