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Literature and Writing Courses | WEA Sydney

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Literature and Writing Courses

Literature and Writing Courses

Develop your understanding of literature and the power of writing.

Engage with literature, storytelling, and written expression across different forms and styles. Strengthen your ability to analyse texts, develop ideas, and communicate effectively through writing.


Two Women with Pens: Louisa May Alcott and Miles Franklin

Two Women with Pens: Louisa May Alcott and Miles Franklin

Literature and Writing Courses
What united these two remarkable writers despite living on opposite sides of the world? Explore their lives, novels and lasting literary legacies.
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$71 Limited inc GST / $64

Two Women with Pens: Louisa May Alcott and Miles Franklin

<p>Louisa May Alcott and Miles Franklin lived in different countries and different generations, yet their lives reveal striking similarities. Both overcame financial hardship, family responsibilities

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King Arthur: Origins and Interpretation

King Arthur: Origins and Interpretation

Philosophy and Religion Courses
Examine the early Arthurian legends, their medieval origins, moral ideals and continuing appeal for readers today.
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$175 Limited inc GST / $158

King Arthur: Origins and Interpretation

<p>This short course explores the sophistication of medieval storytelling through close reading and discussion of early King Arthur legends in translation. It traces the deeper ancestry of the

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$173 Limited inc GST / $156

King Arthur: Origins and Interpretation

<p>This short course explores the sophistication of medieval storytelling through close reading and discussion of early King Arthur legends in translation. It traces the deeper ancestry of the

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Finding Lost Manuscripts: Renaissance Book Hunters

Finding Lost Manuscripts: Renaissance Book Hunters

Literature and Writing Courses
Discover how Renaissance scholars recovered forgotten Greek and Latin texts, helping to spark the Renaissance and transform Western thought.
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$92 Limited inc GST / $83

Finding Lost Manuscripts: Renaissance Book Hunters

<p>During the Renaissance, dedicated scholars travelled across Europe searching monasteries and libraries for long-forgotten classical manuscripts. This course follows the remarkable stories of

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It's a Wonderful Life: Philosophy Through Film

It's a Wonderful Life: Philosophy Through Film

Literature and Writing Courses
Discover why Frank Capra's beloved film continues to inspire audiences through its exploration of meaning, purpose, hope and the impact one life can have on others.
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$144 Limited inc GST / $130

It's a Wonderful Life: Philosophy Through Film

<p>Frank Capra's "It's a Wonderful Life" is much more than a classic Christmas film. This course explores its philosophical themes of meaning, freedom, responsibility, happiness and community, while

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The Odyssey: An enduring story, a new film, a new translation

The Odyssey: An enduring story, a new film, a new translation

Literature and Writing Courses
Through our reading of the Odyssey we shall examine the hero Odysseus' story and age-old questions about its transmission, considering what has been so enduring about the epic over the millennia.
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Are Intellectuals and Philosophers at All Useful?

Are Intellectuals and Philosophers at All Useful?

Literature and Writing Courses
Do intellectuals still shape society, or have their voices lost influence? Explore Simone de Beauvoir's celebrated novel The Mandarins and reflect on the role of ideas in turbulent times.
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