The study of connections between music and literature has recently become a flourishing area of international research activity. The Open University’s Literature and Music Research Group aims to encourage wide-ranging interdisciplinary study of literature and music and to foster a research community in this area within and beyond the university.
Members of the Literature and Music Research Group have previously run two international conferences, resulting in the publication Phrase and Subject: Studies in Literature and Music. Details of further research publications in this area can be found by following the members link and clicking on individuals’ names.
A further conference is planned, details of which can be found by following the conferences link. Literature and Music Research Group members are also engaged in Knowledge Transfer activity and events, such as opera projects and educational consultancy for opera companies.
Members of the Literature and Music Research Group supervise graduate students for interdisciplinary research degrees. For more information follow the postgraduate opportunities link.
There is also a fruitful connection between this research area and the undergraduate curriculum at the Open University. For more information follow the curriculum link.
Follow the news link for more details of the following:
Don Juan: Interdisciplinary Symposium,
23 September, 2011, London. Further details and the final programme [PDF, 54KB] are available online.
Publication: Delia da Sousa Correa, Katia Chornik, and Robert Samuels, ‘Literature and Music: Interdisciplinary Research and Teaching at The Open University’, in “Crossing the Divides: Multi-Disciplinary Approaches to Teaching and Researching English Studies”, a special issue of the electronic journal Working With English: Modern and Medieval Language, Literature and Drama.
