Famous, and infamous, for his brilliant turn of phrase, seething social commentary and flamboyant personality, Oscar Wilde was the toast of the literary world throughout the 1880’s and 1890’s. Join us for an in-depth exploration of three of his most popular works. Laugh out loud at his farcical comedy, The Importance of Being Ernest, a play about superficial love, mistaken identities and cucumber sandwiches. Investigate such concepts as extravagance, beauty-as-commodity, morality, and the difference between art and culture in The Picture of Dorian Grey, Wilde’s late-Victorian Gothic novel. Explore themes of political corruption, public and private life, love and reputation in An Ideal Husband. Indeed, enjoy works so brilliant that Wilde himself famously quipped, “I am so clever that sometimes I don’t understand a single word of what I am saying.”
Course Number: LIT-40099
Credit: 2.00 unit(s)
Related Certificate Programs: Creative Writing
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7/17/2024 - 8/21/2024
$290
Live Online
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CLASS TYPE:
Synchronous web-based class meetings that are scheduled to meet online at published times (time/date).
Weissenburger, Reneé, Worked as an artist for CoTA (Collaborations, Teachers, Artists) and as a literature & creative writing instructor at National University.
Reneé Weissenburger teaches Women and Madness , Ernest Hemingway: Titan of American Literature , Gender Identity & Literature: Him, Her & Us , and Glittering Wit: Three Works by Oscar Wilde for UC San Diego Extension's Creative Writing Certificate Program . She also teaches Reading Photographs: The Art of Seeing , Beyond Image: Using Photo with Other Media , Variations on Photographic Portraiture , and Visual Poetry: Ways of Seeing for the Photography: Images and Techniques Certificate Program .
Reneé draws on her passion for literature, photography, and history to inform her work, both in the studio and classroom. As lead artist for CoTA (Collaboration of Teachers and Artists), and photography and literature instructor at UC San Diego Ex...Read More
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Early Enrollment Discount: $290 ($315 if enrolled after 6/3/2024).
No refunds after: 7/23/2024.
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This class will be delivered live online via Zoom.
DATE | DAY | START | END | LOCATION |
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7/17/2024 | Wed | 6:00 p.m. | 9:00 p.m. | |
7/24/2024 | Wed | 6:00 p.m. | 9:00 p.m. | |
7/31/2024 | Wed | 6:00 p.m. | 9:00 p.m. | |
8/7/2024 | Wed | 6:00 p.m. | 9:00 p.m. | |
8/14/2024 | Wed | 6:00 p.m. | 9:00 p.m. | |
8/21/2024 | Wed | 6:00 p.m. | 9:00 p.m. | |
There are no sections of this course currently scheduled. Please contact the Arts, Humanities, Languages & Digital Arts department at 858-534-5760 or ahl@ucsd.edu for information about when this course will be offered again.