Classics in World Literature
Intensive interactive seminar (suitable for beginner to advanced students)
Taught by Jenny Williams.  Click here for Jenny's profile.

Whether you want to broaden your literary horizons or revisit some old favorites, we invite you to take part in an amazing journey that spans two centuries and four continents.  The diverse settings, plots, themes, and styles of six of the world’s great classics will provide the basis for rich discussion of the different social, economic, political and cultural forces that shape each work, and at the same time, help us to identify the common threads of humanity that run through all of them.  We will examine the psychological, moral-philosophical, and mythical/archetypal/symbolic significance of the works through the lenses of several different schools of modern critical interpretation including Deconstruction, Marxism, Feminism, New Historicism, Post-Structuralism, Reader-Response, and Postcolonialism, as we work toward the goal of gaining greater insight into the ways in which the forces of time and place shape and mold both the individual and collective psyche.  As we progress through the course, we will also identify the recurring qualities that elevate these particular works to the status of “classics”.

Reading List:
Dead Souls, Volume 1 - Nikolai Gogol
Hunger - Knut Hamsun
Call to Arms - Lu Xun
Kim - Rudyard Kipling
Things Fall Apart - Chinua Achebe
The Bluest Eye - Toni Morrison

Course Title: World Literature
Tuition Fee: RMB 3200
Material's Fee (Books) for this class: RMB 400

Summer Session: June 1st to August 3rd

Section A: Friday mornings (10:00 AM - 12:30 PM)
10 weeks from June 1st to August 3rd (Course Code: WL103)
Location: ELC Learning Annex

Section B: Friday afternoons (1:00 PM - 3:30 PM)
10 weeks from June 1st to August 3rd (Course Code: WL104)
Location: ELC Learning Annex

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR THIS COURSE

Registration Procedure:
Please register online first to reserve your place.  You will then receive a confirmation email.  Next, payment must be made on site at the ELC Learning Annex during the payment dates (you can come in person or send someone).

Please note: Our classes are kept small for the students' benefit (generally between 5 and 10 people), so please register early to reserve your place.  Your place in the class cannot be guaranteed until payment has been received.  Any course that does not meet sufficient enrollment may be cancelled and a full refund provided upon presentation of your original receipt.
 

.For detailed information, please feel free to contact one of our program coordinators: Telephone: 8580 3111  EMAIL: info@beijing-classes.com
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