Expatriate Writers in Paris: 1920s
Tentative Course Itinerary
First class meeting: Orientation on Saturday evening at 1700 in the hotel (TBA)
| Day 1 (Saturday) | |
| 1700-1900 | Orientation: Syllabus and pre-test Background: WWI and alienation Owen - "Dulce et Decorum Est" Cummings - "[my sweet old etcetera]" |
| Day 2 (Sunday) | |
| 0900-0945 | WWI: Introduction to Stein, Fitzgerald, and Hemingway |
| 0945-1030 | Alienation: Eliot - Selection from "The Wasteland" |
| 1100-1300 | Why Paris? An answer in two memoirs: Stein - Paris France Hemingway - A Moveable Feast |
| 1300-1430 | Lunch |
| 1430-1730 | Walk 1: "Why Paris? and the Right Bank" |
| Metro: Concorde (Line 1) Meeting point: Hotel Crillion (under the arches) | |
| 1730-1900 | Review major themes |
| Day 3 (Monday) | Salon sign-up sheet |
| 0900-1030 | Introduction: Hemingway - The Sun Also Rises |
| 1050-1300 | Introduction: Stein - Paris France |
| 1300-1430 | Lunch |
| 1430-1730 | Walk 2: Odeon: "Shakespeare and Company to Stein's and Hem's" Metro: Odeon (Line 4) Meeting point: Carrefour (Island) de l'Odeon, beside the newspaper stand |
| Day 4 (Tuesday) | |
| 0900-0930 | Quiz 1 - analysis of the modern style: Stein and Hemingway |
| 0930-1030 | Joyce - Excerpt from Ulysses |
| 1050-1300 | Fitzgerald - Selections from Tender is the Night |
| 1300-1415 | Lunch |
| 1430-1700 | Walk 3: "Montparnasse in the 1920s" Metro: Edgar Quinet (Line 6) Meeting point: Corner of rue Delambre and rue Edgar Quinet |
| Day 5 (Wednesday) | |
| 0900-0930 | Go over Quiz 1 |
| 0930-1030 | Continue discussion - The Sun Also Rises |
| 1050-1200 | Continue discussion - Paris France |
| 1215-1300 | Fitzgerald, Hemingway, and Stein: An exchange |
| 1300 | Lunch |
| 1400-1730 | Upper-level projects, individual conferences, and salon preparation |
| 1800-1930 | Literary salon at La Coupole Metro: Vavin (Line 4) |
| 1930-2000 | Salon review |
| Day 6 (Thursday) | |
| 0900-1300 | Reading, upper-level projects, individual conferences, and study for Quiz 2 |
| 1300-1400 | Lunch |
| 1400-1440 | Quiz 2 - Short answers on writers, themes, and characters |
| 1450-1530 | Aftermath: Fitzgerald - "Babylon Revisited" |
| 1545-1700 | The end: Exiles return to America |
| 1700-1900 | Assign groups and prepare for tomorrow's review |
| Day 7 (Friday) | |
| 0900-1130 | Review: Major themes, figures, and works (groups) |
| 1145-1300 | Upper-level projects |
| 1300 | Lunch |
| 1400-1700 | Individual conferences and study for final exam |
| Day 8 (Saturday) | |
| 0900 | Hotel checkout - leave bags in storage room before exam |
| 0930-1230 | Final examination |
Last updated: 22 July 2011