Seminars
Participants are taught in small seminar groups of up to 12 students, and receive two one-on-one tutorials with their tutor.
Sunday
Seminar 1: Introduction. Sally Rooney: Extracts from Normal People
Seminar 2: Normal People Themes and Narrative Viewpoints
Monday
Seminar 3: Normal People Characterisation, Style
Seminar 4: Claire Keegan: Extracts from Small Things Like These
Tuesday
Seminar 5: Small Things Like These: Themes and Narrative Viewpoints
Seminar 6: Small Things Like These: Characterisation, Style
Wednesday
Seminar 7: Maggie O’Farrell: Extracts from Hamnet
Seminar 8: Hamnet: Themes and Narrative Viewpoints
Thursday
Seminar 9: Hamnet: Characterisation, Style
Seminar 10: Audrey Magee: Extracts from The Colony
Friday
Seminar 11: The Colony: Themes and Narrative Viewpoints
Seminar 12: The Colony: Characterisation, Style: Conclusions
Programme timetable
The daily timetable will normally be as follows:
Saturdays
14.00–16.30 - Registration
16.30–17.00 - Orientation meeting
17.00–17.30 - Classroom orientation for tutor and students
17.30–18.00 - Drinks reception
18.00–20.00 - Welcome dinner
Sundays – Fridays
09.00–10.30 - Seminar
10.30–11.00 - Tea/coffee break
11.00–12.30 - Seminar
12.30–13.30 - Lunch
13.30–18.00 - Afternoons are free for tutorials, individual study, course-related field trips or exploring the many places of interest in and around Oxford.
18.00–19.00 - Dinner (There is a formal gala dinner every Friday to close each week of the programme)
A range of optional social events will be offered throughout the summer school. These are likely to include: a quiz night, visit to historic pubs in Oxford, visit to Christ Church for Evensong and after-dinner talks and discussions.