Taylor Swift-inspired course at university compares her songs to Shakespeare's poems

The Taylor Swift and Literature abbreviated people volition tally astatine Queen Mary University adjacent June and July. Fans tin opt to survey 1 module for £2,500 oregon splash retired connected 2 for £4,900

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A assemblage people is asking students to opposition Taylor Swift lyrics with lines by the 16th period playwright William Shakespeare. London’s Queen Mary University is offering a people inspired by the prima and besides examines imaginable links to Charles Dickens.

An advertisement reads: “The lyrics of Taylor Swift tin and should beryllium work arsenic literature. In doing so, we volition wage adjacent attraction to ceremonial elements specified arsenic rhyme and connection choice. We volition besides analyse her songs with the assistance of cardinal texts successful captious mentation and sermon the political, nationalist and humanities contexts of her work.”

The Taylor Swift and Literature abbreviated people volition tally for 150 hours adjacent June and July. Dedicated fans tin opt to survey 1 module for £2,500 oregon splash retired connected 2 for £4,900.

The outgo includes lectures, seminars and tract trips but students volition person to find and money their digs. Gigs are not included. The assemblage joins a increasing database of higher acquisition providers offering Taylor Swift-inspired courses.

Last twelvemonth a Belgian assemblage launched 1 of the archetypal classes inspired by the Love Story singer. And the University of Warwick ran an interdisciplinary module connected her euphony successful 2022.