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Literature: Ancient Greek tragedy: Sophocles’ Theban plays
Ancient Greek tragedies have held an enduring interest for audiences and readers since their first performances in Athens in the 5th century BCE. Performed with both ancient and modern settings, revised and adapted, they retain their relevance to human action and understanding. In this course we will study three linked plays by Sophocles that focus on the story of Oedipus, king of Thebes, and his efforts to avoid fate: Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus and Antigone.
We will consider plots, themes, characters and their continuing popularity with audiences. All texts will be studied in English translations: no previous knowledge is assumed.
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Dates:Tue 04/06/2024 -
Tue 09/07/2024Times:3:00pm - 5:00pmDuration:6 sessionsLocation:OnlineTutor:Kim ShahabudinCourse code:Q00013754How you'll learn:OnlineStatus:Waiting listFee rangeFree to £44.40
Art Practical: Women and their Bodies: Drawing at the British Museum
Part of the WEA Art and About Festival 2024.
This course will provide opportunities to make drawing studies of female sculptural forms from a variety of ancient cultures in the British Museum. This includes comparisons with examples from Greek, Roman and Aztec cultures found on pots, temple columns, busts and smaller figurines. These drawing activities hope to provide a deeper insight into their visual differences as well as symbolic details. This will then enable us to reflect on and discuss what we can uncover about women's lives and their roles in those societies.
Meeting Point is the Lion in the main Atrium at the British Museum
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Dates:Tue 04/06/2024 -
Tue 11/06/2024Times:10:30am - 12:30pmDuration:2 sessionsLocation:Meeting Place:British Museum (London)
Great Russell Street
London
WC1B 3DGTutor:Debra CollisCourse code:Q00015426How you'll learn:In venueAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £20.00
Art Appreciation: Myths and Renowned Stories in Art, Literature and Music (part 4)
The course will explore the enriching links between stories, art and music, from ancient to modern times. Each week examples from a different epoch will be examined. Frequently, stories and art pieces are linked with pieces of music and the course will offer many opportunities to enjoy these music pieces.
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Dates:Tue 11/06/2024 -
Tue 16/07/2024Times:10:30am - 12:30pmDuration:6 sessionsLocation:Enfield Baptist Church (Enfield) (Enfiel
Cecil Road
Enfield
EN2 6TGTutor:Colin LomasCourse code:Q00012066How you'll learn:In venueAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £69.00
Art Practical: Women and their Bodies: Drawing at the British Museum
Part of the London Art and About Festival 2024!
This course will provide opportunities to make drawing studies of female sculptural forms from a variety of ancient cultures in the British Museum. This includes comparisons with examples from Greek, Roman and Aztec cultures found on pots, temple columns, busts and smaller figurines. These drawing activities hope to provide a deeper insight into their visual differences as well as symbolic details. This will then enable us to reflect on and discuss what we can uncover about women's lives and their roles in those societies.
Meet in the British Museum at the Lion in the Main Atrium:
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Dates:Tue 18/06/2024 -
Tue 25/06/2024Times:10:30am - 12:30pmDuration:2 sessionsLocation:Meeting Place:British Museum (London)
Great Russell Street
London
WC1B 3DGTutor:Debra CollisCourse code:Q00015429How you'll learn:In venueAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £20.00
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History: Mythology of the Summer Sky
Ever looked up at the night sky, or the signs of the zodiac, and wondered how the constellations got their names? Why anyone would think those random dots were “obviously” a picture of some strange creature? Or what the stories are behind them? This one-session course picks out some of them that are appropriate to the time of year, and shows why they were important, what their myths are, and how the stories fit together.
This is the time when the Perseid meteor shower is at its best, so we’ll look at the story behind Perseus, and his family: Andromeda, Cassiopeia, Pegasus, and a few less well-known. Then we go on to the Summer Triangle of the Swan, the Eagle, and the Lyre. There’s also Capricorn, the half-fish, half-goat, and many more. (57)
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Dates:Wed 17/07/2024 -
Wed 17/07/2024Times:10:00am - 11:30amDuration:1 sessionsLocation:OnlineTutor:Jane WilliamsCourse code:Q00014312How you'll learn:OnlineAvailability:9 places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £5.55