Literature and Form

By Oxford University

What's Literature and Form about?

Lecture series looking at key concepts in studying Literature; including lectures on the concept of unreliable narrators to theory of comparative literature. This series was filmed in the English Faculty in Trinity Term 2012

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Literature and Form episodes:

05.21.2012
Literature and Form 4: What is "Comparative Literature"?
Dr Catherine Brown gives the fourth and final lecture in the Literature and Form lecture series. With a philosophical discussion on what Comparative Literature is and how we can study 'literature in comparison'. Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK:...
05.21.2012
Literature and Form 3: Multiple Plotting
Dr Catherine Brown gives the third lecture in the Literature and Form lecture series. Including the differing ways writers plot their work; from multi-plotted works like Ulysses (Joyce) to double plotted works like Daniel Deronda (George Eliot). Creative Commons...
05.21.2012
Literature and Form 2: Chapters
Dr. Catherine Brown offers a series of talks introducing different writing forms and their use in great novels: In the second lecture, Brown talks about the ways in which writers choose to break up their works into chapters, parts, and...
05.21.2012
Literature and Form 1: Unreliable Narrators
Dr. Catherine Brown offers a series introducing different writing forms and their use in great novels: In the first lecture, Brown discusses the use of the unreliable narrator, particularly in Nabokov's Lolita and McEwan's Atonement. Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike...

What's Literature and Form about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

Literature and Form episodes:

Literature and Form 4: What is "Comparative Literature"?

Literature and Form 3: Multiple Plotting

Literature and Form 2: Chapters

Literature and Form 1: Unreliable Narrators