This nine-week lecture series explores issues of disability in literature, from the early modern period to the present. It includes discussions of representations of disability in literary texts – incorporating the image of the fool in Renaissance theatre, for instance, as well as the discourse of physical disability in Victorian writing, and blindness in contemporary literature. In addition, the lecture series engages with works by disabled artists and writers. The innovative series is organised by the School of English in conjunction with the M.Sc. in Disability Studies, and draws on the expertise of colleagues in relevant areas in College.

Course co-ordinator

Professor Paul Delaney

How to apply

Apply to: The Secretary (Evening Lectures), Oscar Wilde Centre for Irish Writing, 21 Westland Row, Trinity College, Dublin 2. Phone: 01 896 2885, email: oscar@tcd.ie

Fee

The cost for the full series will be €50 or €6 for individual lectures. Concession rate for the full series will be €35 or €5 for individual lectures.

Date, time and place

Lectures will take place on Tuesday evenings of Hilary term at 7.30 p.m., from 14 January 2014 to 11 March 2014, in the Davis Theatre, Arts Building, Trinity College, Dublin 2.