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OLE3811 World Literature: Global Voices
£0.00 / unit
Tess Maginess, BA, MA, PhD, PFHEA + panel of experts
Fee £150.00 (concession rate £120.00) - fee will amend when you select the appropriate fee rate below.
Autumn 2026
20 weekly sessions on Wednesdays, 2.00 pm to 3.30 pm, starting 30 September, restarting on 13 January
In this 20-week course, a panel of experts will join Tess Maginess to celebrate and discuss poems, plays, and stories from across the world and throughout history. There will be a lively mix of classic texts and more contemporary literature.
30 September | Bernard McLaverty, Midwinter Break | Tess Maginess |
7 October | Euripides, Helen | Geraldine O’Neill |
14 October | William Shakespeare, Othello | Tess Maginess |
21 October | Percival Everett, James | Linda McKeown |
28 October | William Trevor, The Hill Bachelors | Tess Maginess |
4 November | Patrick Kavanagh, Selected Poems | Eamonn Hughes |
11 November | Sean Sayers, The Making of a Marxist Philosopher | Martin Tyrrell |
18 November | The Annual Hewitt Lecture | Wendy Erskine |
25 November | John McGahern, Amongst Women | Eamonn Hughes |
2 December | Edward Thomas, ‘To an Unknown Bird’, | Tess Maginess |
13 January | Sheila Armstrong, Falling Animals | Eamonn Hughes |
20 January | Colm Toibin, The Magician | Tess Maginess |
27 January | Martin Tyrrell, From Class War to Cold War | Martin Tyrrell |
3 February | Maggie O’Farrell, Land | Tess Maginess |
10 February | Dion Boucicault, The Colleen Bawn | Eamonn Hughes |
17 February | Alfred, Lord Byron, ‘The Destruction of Sennacherib’ | Tess Maginess |
24 February | Annie Ernaux, The Years | Moyra Haslet |
3 March | Jung Chang, Wild Swans | Cathal McManus |
10 March | Naguib Mahfouz, Palace Walk | Alison MacKenzie |
24 March | Arthur Miller, The Price | Seamus McKee |
Dates and speakers correct at time of going to press.
This class will take place on QUB campus
No Class on Wednesday 17 March
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