Literature and Writing
Discover beauty in poetry, passion in drama and thought-provoking ideas in novels. Be stirred by the poets Milton, Whitman and Wright; be moved by the dramatists Shakespeare, Miller and Hugo and be inspired by authors Kafka, Dostoyevsky and Marques. Read and imagine, then imagine and write. Let your inner voice speak out guided in one of our exceptional writing classes. Immerse yourself in the glory of literature.
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Lunchtime Movie Speeches - Serving up one great speech per week
<p>The best movie speeches captivate our minds and hearts to make us weep, laugh and think. Each week, explore one great speech and the character who moves us. We will unpack the context of speech
...Lunchtime Movie Speeches - Serving up one great speech per week
<p>The best movie speeches captivate our minds and hearts to make us weep, laugh and think. Each week, explore one great speech and the character who moves us. We will unpack the context of speech
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Simone de Beauvoir & Sartre
<p>The course will cover de Beauvoir’s philosophical Existentialism and her many novels. We will compare and contrast her form of Existentialism to Jean-Paul Sartre, her longtime friend, lover and
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Continuing Cross-Cultural Literature
<p>People who are fascinated by different cultures and love reading fiction will be able to combine their interests by participating in this course. We study various themes within short stories and
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Patrick O'Brian's Fictional Naval Duo - Aubrey and Maturin
<p>Patrick O’Brian’s renowned Aubrey-Maturin series consists of 21 books, set during the Napoleonic wars. They focus on the unlikely friendship of Captain Jack Aubrey – Royal Navy through and through
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Simone de Beauvoir - Who She Was and Why She Matters Now
<p>Simone de Beauvoir was one of the ‘Big original’ thinkers and major French authors of the mid-20th century. Books and writing were her lifelong passion and vocation. She was enthralled with life
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Joseph Conrad - Master Mariner and Master Storyteller
<p>This year marks the 100th Anniversary of the death of Joseph Conrad. In his early life, Conrad spent a period as the First Mate on a trading ship that sailed regularly from Singapore to East Borneo
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Learn How to Unpack a Poem
<p>Poetry is joy in words but sometimes getting to the joy is difficult. Learn about poetry techniques and how to unpack a poem so that you can appreciate and experience all the joy that poetry has to
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Creative Writing - Theory Behind the Craft
<p>Creative writing can seem daunting and is sometimes considered intuitive rather than a learned skill - a select few are supposedly “born” with the gift of storytelling. However this is definitely
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Looking Back to '58
<p>Do you remember the rusty-red Australian Encylopaedia that held pride of place on Australian library shelves? We take a leap back in time to learn of its development and its achievements and find
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Power to the People - the growth of adult education in Sydney
<p>Explore the history of mass education in NSW from the 1820s with the first Subscription Library, the beginning of the Australian Museum, followed by Trade Associations and the School of Arts,
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