| Day |
Period |
Activity |
| Sunday 15/8 |
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Arrivals and transfer to host family |
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Evening |
Introduction to the course |
| Monday 16/8 |
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Morning |
THE NINETEENTH CENTURY: Social Realism with special reference to Charles Dickens, Elizabeth Gaskell and William Blake |
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Afternoon |
Tour of Manchester City Centre and the sites of historical and literary importance |
| Tuesday 17/8 |
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Morning |
INTRODUCTION TO ROMANTICISM |
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Afternoon |
THE LAKE POETS: William Wordsworth, Samuel Coleridge and life at Dove Cottage, Grasmere |
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Evening |
Preparation for the visit to The Lake District. |
| Wednesday 18/8 |
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Full Day |
Excursion to Hawkshead – Wordsworth’s Grammar School, Grasmere and Dove Cottage. Walk to Rydal Mount (Wordsworth’s home 1813 – 1850) |
| Thursday 19/8 |
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Morning |
THE BRONTË SISTERS – An extraordinary family |
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Afternoon |
Excursion to the Yorkshire village of Haworth. Walk to ‘Top Withins’ – inspiration for Emily Brontë’s ‘Wuthering Heights’ |
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Evening |
Optional theatre visit or symphony concert |
| Friday 20/8 |
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Morning |
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE |
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Afternoon |
Preparation for visit to Stratford-Upon-Avon |
| Saturday 21/8 |
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Full Day |
Excursion to Stratford-Upon-Avon: Shakespeare’s birthplace and a performance by the Royal Shakespeare Company |