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Faculty of English - Introductions

by Oxford University

This series brings together lectures given by members of Oxford’s Faculty of English as Open Day taster lectures or as introductory lectures for undergraduates. The series covers a diverse range of topics, drawing on the Faculty’s wide-ranging research into English Language and Literature.

Episodes

Theatre, 1660-1760 - The Arrival of the Actress

53m · Published 14 Mar 16:08

David Taylor on the arrival of female actors on the stage. In this undergraduate lecture, David Taylor describes one of the key theatrical developments of Restoration drama, the arrival of female actors on the stage.

Theatre, 1660-1760 - Restoration and Change

47m · Published 14 Mar 16:07

David Taylor lectures on the reopening of the theatres in the 1660s. In this undergraduate lecture, David Taylor considers the new forms, practices, and spaces of drama that emerged following the reopening of the theatres in the 1660s.

Race and Empire, 1660-1760

25m · Published 14 Mar 16:05

Ruth Scobie lectures on race and empire, 1660-1760. In this introductory lecture, Ruth Scobie outlines some of the historical contexts of literature written between 1660 and 1660, looking in particular at the topics of race and empire.

Drama and the Theatre, 1660-1760

26m · Published 14 Mar 16:03

Abigail Williams lectures on the staging of Restoration drama. In this introductory lecture, Abigail Williams investigates the staging of Restoration drama, exploring the effects of such staging conditions on plays written in this period.

Literature and Gender, 1660-1760

19m · Published 07 Mar 15:40

Kathleen Keown considers representations of gender in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. In this introductory lecture, Kathleen Keown considers representations of gender in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, before turning to women’s writing of the same period.

Manuscript and Print, 1660–1760

23m · Published 07 Mar 15:30

Carly Watson outlines the material forms in which literary texts circulated between 1660 and 1760. In this introductory lecture, Carly Watson outlines the material forms in which literary texts circulated between 1660 and 1760.

What is a Literary Period?

19m · Published 07 Mar 15:22

Clare Bucknell considers how we define a literary period. In this introductory lecture, Clare Bucknell considers how we define a literary period and highlights some of the problems with period boundaries, drawing examples from texts written from circa 1660 to circa 1760.

Nineteenth-Century Stuff - Dickens, Paperwork and Paper Sorrows

23m · Published 07 Mar 15:09

Sophie Ratcliffe investigates the material culture of the Victorians, using examples from Charles Dickens. In this Open Day taster lecture, Sophie Ratcliffe investigates the material culture of the Victorians, looking particularly the novels of Charles Dickens in the context of nineteenth-century paper-making.

What is a War Poem?

20m · Published 07 Mar 15:02

Kate McLoughlin explores how we might define a war poem. In this Open Day taster lecture, Kate McLoughlin explores how we might define a war poem, looking in particular at some of D H Lawrence’s verse.

Diaries as Literature - The Case of Virginia Woolf

24m · Published 07 Mar 14:21

Michael Whitworth considers whether diaries are literature, looking particularly at the diaries of Virginia Woolf. In this Open Day taster lecture, Michael Whitworth considers whether diaries are literature and how women writers exploit the possibilities of this genre, looking particularly at the diaries of Virginia Woolf.

Faculty of English - Introductions has 12 episodes in total of non- explicit content. Total playtime is 5:44:03. The language of the podcast is English. This podcast has been added on November 23rd 2022. It might contain more episodes than the ones shown here. It was last updated on February 15th, 2024 05:17.