This course/lecture will present a series of poems written in the voices of women sending letters to their brothers. The poems will be read and the reasoning and research involved in the writing will be explained.
Course aim
This lecture/course will present in poetic form the lives and achievement of women from the past in imagined letters they could have or in fact did write to their brothers:.for example, Nanerl Mozart to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Do I need any particular skills or experience?
- This course is for beginners and improvers
By the end of the course I should be able to:
- understand the struggles accomplished women of the past have encountered as musicians, painters, scientists compared with their more famous brothers.
- understand how poetry can be used to give voice to women of the past
What else do I need to know?
No previous knowledge is required
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