Moors, Melancholia, Myth

That's the title of a course starting today, October 2, a the Birbeck University of London (Faculty of Continuing Education) centered on The Brontës:

Academic Year: 2007-2008
Module Code : FFLT131UACB
Module Title The Brontës: Moors, Melancholia, Myth

Class Venue Room 254, Birkbeck, Malet Street, London WC1
First Meeting Tuesday 2 October, 2007 at 10.30am-12.30pm
Term 1: 2 October – 11 December, 2007
Term 2: 8 January – 18 March, 2008

Module Taught by Naomi Lightman, PhD

Module Description

Meet the most famous sisters in English literary history: this module provides an in-depth study of the works of Charlotte, Emily and Anne Brontë. It considers their literary influences and legacies, focusing on contemporary and subsequent responses to their work, and examining the development of the Brontë myth that persists to this day.

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BLOCK 1 INTRODUCTORY
Week 1
Introduction
Weeks 2-3 Poems (1846)
Breaking into print
General themes and concerns

BLOCK 2 THE GOTHIC ROMANCES
Weeks 4-6 Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre (1847)
Critical reception
The Brontë Gothic
The madwoman
Weeks 7-8 Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights (1847)
Critical reception
The moors
The supernatural

BLOCK 3 THE WOMAN CONNECTION
Weeks 9-10 Anne Brontë, Agnes Grey (1847)
Critical reception
The governess figure
Weeks 11-13 Charlotte Brontë, Villette (1853)
Critical reception
Economic independence v marriage
The Angel in the House

BLOCK 4 SOCIAL ISSUES
Weeks 14-15 Charlotte Brontë, The Professor (1846/1857)
Critical reception
The self-made man
Weeks 16-17 Anne Brontë, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1848)
Critical reception
Alcoholism
Week 18-20 Charlotte Brontë, Shirley (1849)
Critical reception
The Condition-of-England debate

BLOCK 5 THE BRONTË MYTH
Weeks 21-22 Elizabeth Gaskell, Life of Charlotte Brontë (1857)
The growth of the Brontë Society
The creation and content of the Brontë myth

Another alert for today, comes from Dundee, Michigan:

Dundee Book Club
Date 02 October 2007
Time 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Location Dundee Branch Library 144 E. Main, Dundee MI 48131 (734) 529-3310
The Dundee Book Club meets the first Tuesday of each month at 6:30pm. A wide variety of books are chosen for discussion.

October 2: Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

Categories: Alert, Jane Eyre, Scholar