Approaching literature: reading Great Expectations

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Approaching literature: reading Great Expectations provided by OpenLearn is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 15 hours worth of material. Upon completion of the course, you can receive an e-certificate from OpenLearn. The course is taught in Englishand is Free Certificate. Visit the course page at OpenLearn for detailed price information.

Overview
  • This free course, Approaching literature: reading Great Expectations, considers some of the different ways of reading Great Expectations, based on the type of genre the book belongs to. This is one...

Syllabus
    • Introduction
    • Learning outcomes
    • 1 Openings and ogres
    • 1 Openings and ogres
    • 1.1 The novel's opening
    • 1.2 Perspective
    • 1.3 The serialised novel
    • 1.4 Summary
    • 2 Grotesque expectations
    • 2 Grotesque expectations
    • 2.1 Writing style
    • 2.2 Dickens and his critics
    • 2.3 Surface realism – and beyond
    • 2.4 Summary
    • 3 Hallucinatory reading
    • 3 Hallucinatory reading
    • 3.1 Details
    • 3.2 Moral development
    • 3.3 Dickens' characterisation
    • 3.4 Fantasies and desires
    • 3.5 Summary
    • 4 Little Britain and the Empire
    • 4 Little Britain and the Empire
    • 4.1 A changing society
    • 4.2 Great Expectations and realism
    • 4.3 Death
    • 4.4 Summary
    • Conclusion
    • Next steps
    • References
    • Acknowledgements