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Exploring books for children: words and pictures
Learn more to access more details of Exploring books for children: words and picturesMany people have fond memories of the stories they encountered in childhood, perhaps especially of those wonderful picture books and illustrated tales which fired our young imaginations and transported us to magical worlds. To an adult’s eye, some picture books may seem remarkably simple, even oversimplified. However, in this free course, ...
Level: 2 Intermediate
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Encouraging book talk in the school library
Learn more to access more details of Encouraging book talk in the school libraryAs adults we sometimes struggle to justify our feelings about particular books, but children are quite clear about what they like and don't like. It is possible to get children to discuss why they liked or did not like particular books and to encourage them to think more deeply about the books they've read. This free course, Encouraging book ...
Level: 1 Introductory
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Harry Potter and the Translator’s Challenge
Read now to access more details of Harry Potter and the Translator’s ChallengeHow did translators go about converting the anagram 'Tom Marvolo Riddle'? Fernando Rosell-Aguilar explores the tricky business of translating J.K. Rowling's fun and creative words into 80 other languages.
Level: 1 Introductory
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The man behind Matilda – what Roald Dahl was really like
Read now to access more details of The man behind Matilda – what Roald Dahl was really likeRoald Dahl: the incredible storyteller loved by millions or a belittling bully? Find out what his character was like in this article.
Level: 1 Introductory
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Download free eBook guides to famous literary works
Take part now to access more details of Download free eBook guides to famous literary worksExclusive to OpenLearn, OU experts have created guides to introduce some key works of fiction for you to download and read on your prefered device.
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Quiz: Which Brontë sister wrote it?
Take part now to access more details of Quiz: Which Brontë sister wrote it?Charlotte, Emily and Anne Brontë had very different writing styles but can you tell their writing apart from the other? Try our interactive quiz to find out.
Level: 1 Introductory
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Exploring Virginia Woolf’s Between the Acts
Learn more to access more details of Exploring Virginia Woolf’s Between the ActsThis free course introduces Virginia Woolf’s last novel, Between the Acts (1941), with the aim of understanding how she writes about time, memory, and ideas about identity. It also considers why Woolf’s fiction is often considered difficult. Selected extracts from her essays on writing help to clarify some of these perceived difficulties, ...
Level: 2 Intermediate
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How does JK Rowling use Latin and other classical languages in Harry Potter?
Read now to access more details of How does JK Rowling use Latin and other classical languages in Harry Potter?To create a sense of the long history of wizardry in the Potterverse, JK Rowling drew heavily on classical languages. The OU's Joanna Paul explores.
Level: 1 Introductory
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Understanding Alice
Read now to access more details of Understanding AliceProfessor Kimberley Reynolds explores how Lewis Carroll transformed logic, literary traditions and ideas about childhood into the superbly inventive and irreverent Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
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Approaching literature: reading Great Expectations
Learn more to access more details of Approaching literature: reading Great ExpectationsThis 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 of the most familiar and fundamental ways of approaching literary texts. The novel broadens the scope of study of a realist novel, in both literary ...
Level: 2 Intermediate
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‘Literary Caregiving’: The War Library and Endell Street Military Hospital Library
Read now to access more details of ‘Literary Caregiving’: The War Library and Endell Street Military Hospital LibraryHow did women (including suffragettes) help wounded soldiers in the First World War? Dr Sara Haslam explores this question, drawing on her research into the War Library and the library at Endell Street Military Hospital.
Level: 1 Introductory
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History of reading tutorial 1: Finding evidence of reading in the past
Learn more to access more details of History of reading tutorial 1: Finding evidence of reading in the pastHow do we know what people read in the past, and how they read it? This free course, History of reading tutorial 1: Finding evidence of reading in the past, is the first in a series of tutorials designed to help users of the UK Reading Experience Database (UK RED) search, browse and use the resource, and explores the types of evidence historians...
Level: 2 Intermediate
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History of reading tutorial 2: The reading and reception of literary texts – a case study of Robinson Crusoe
Learn more to access more details of History of reading tutorial 2: The reading and reception of literary texts – a case study of Robinson CrusoeHow have famous books been read and received by audiences in the past? This free course, History of reading tutorial 2: The reading and reception of literary texts a case study of Robinson Crusoe, is the second tutorial in a series designed to help users of the UK Reading Experience Database (UK RED) search, browse and use this resource, and ...
Level: 2 Intermediate
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History of reading tutorial 3: Famous writers and their reading - Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Vernon Lee
Learn more to access more details of History of reading tutorial 3: Famous writers and their reading - Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Vernon LeeHave you ever wondered about the reading tastes and habits of famous writers in the past? This free course, History of reading tutorial 3: Famous writers and their reading Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Vernon Lee, is the third tutorial in a series designed to help users of the UK Reading Experience Database (UK RED) search, browse and use this...
Level: 2 Intermediate
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