Literature Short Courses

As a literature lover, you must be interested in the following courses delivered by the renowned Dr Max Hui-Bon-Hoa and other teachers in the field. 
Biblical Poetry
ELIT9106  1655-1347NW
Monday 26 November 2018　

You may also be interested in the following tutors' short courses:
Dr Anita C K Lee
An Introduction to Feminist Literary Theory
ELIT9109  1660-1416NW
Tuesday 11 December 2018 

Dr Ahmed Elbeshlawy
Love and its Cultural Politics
ELIT9098  1660-1224NW
Wednesday 12 December 2018

More courses with Dr Max Hui-Bon-Hoa in 2019 

19th Century American Fiction 
7, 14 & 21 January 2019

Some of the most well-known novels in the world were written in the 19th Century. American writers also contributed to this phenomenon.  This course will look at the shorter works of three important American novelists who were active in their writing career during the first half of this great century.
1    Nathaniel Hawthorne: “Young Goodman Brown”; “Rappaccini’s daughter”
2    Herman Melville: “Bartleby”
3    Edgar Allan Poe “The fall of the house of Usher”; “Ligeia”

Modern American Playwrights 
4, 11, 18, 25 March; 1 April 2019

The first 50 years in 20th Century America saw the production of some of the best plays as well as their theatrical productions.  In this course, we will study the works of five playwrights.
1    Susan Glaspell: Trifles
2    Tennessee Williams: Night of the iguana
3    Arthur Miller: The Crucible 
4    Lillian Hellman: Little Foxes
5    Eugene O’Neill: Long Day’s Journey into Night

African American Women Poets
20 & 27 May and 3 June 2019

This course focuses on nine African women poets from different periods in American history, and will discuss how their works form a unique tradition in the literary landscape. 
1    Maya Angelou, Rita Dove, Margaret Walker
2    Alice Walker, Nikki Giovanni, Phyllis Wheatley
3    Gwendolyn Brooks, Lucille Clifton, Sonia Sanchez