Literature: George Orwell and Burmese Days
Course details
Course code
Q00012395Course date
Number of classes
2 sessionsBranch
Norwich BranchTutor
Guest SpeakerFee range
How you'll learn
Venue
Charing Cross Centre17-19 St John Maddermarket
Norwich
Norfolk
NR2 1DN
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Course overview
Course description
George Orwell is one of the most widely read authors of our time. In this course we shall consider one of his early novels. It is called Burmese Days and it unfolds in a country which is now known to us as Myanmar.
As an early work set in a British colony of the 1920s, Burmese Days gives insight into George Orwell's development as both a novelist and a political essayist. It lays a backdrop for the more famous novels, Animal Farm and 1984, which were to follow. It is revealing too about an otherwise silent period in the early life of a complex man.
We shall work in the following ways:
• In group discussion
• In short tutor presentations
• In group exercises
• In close reading
There are no requirements for this course. If you can, please do begin reading Burmese Days before your first class. It will add to your pleasure if you come prepared to exchange views with other learners in the class. Burmese Days is easy to find in physical editions of all kinds as well as audio and online editions.
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