Expatriate Writers in Venice: 1800 to Present
ENGL 288B / 388B, 3 credits

Excursion Highlights

  • The Accademia Museum
  • Church of the Frari
  • Foreign Artists area of the Dorsoduro
  • Piazza San Marco & Basilica
  • Florian's Cafe
  • Torcello Island with lunch on the canal  

Course Itinerary

15-22 October 2011
Venice, Italy
Register now through 25 September

". . . you should choose the finest day in the month and have yourself rowed far away across the lagoon to Torcello. Without making this excursion you can hardly pretend to know Venice." - Henry James

Spend a glamorous week in the world's most beautiful urban space - Venice - and earn 3 credits. Study the works of famous foreign writers who have immortalized the city, including Hemingway, Ezra Pound, Henry James, and others, and view well-known sites and works of art through their eyes. From Torcello Island in the lagoon, where Venice had her beginnings, to the Guggenheim area's "gallery row," now popular with modern artists, we'll get to know the city as tourists rarely do. To explore this new and mysterious place, we'll even have our own "literary salon" on Thursday evening with everyone in character as someone from the course. Many students find this to be one of their favorite activities.

Topics include:

  • Venice: People and places
  • The Romantics to the Moderns: Byron, Browning, and Ruskin
  • Torcello: Ruskin, James, Hemingway, and Morris

Instructor:  Dr. Toni Sepeda, PhD, e-mail tosepeda@libero.it 

May apply toward credit in English, humanities, Italian studies, or electives.

Accommodation and transportation

For your convenience, UMUC coordinates the hotel and excursion arrangements for a flat fee. This fee will be charged to your student account and covers seven nights of lodging (double occupancy room), as well as local transportation costs and entry to all excursions. Single rooms are available upon request for an additional fee.

The flat fee does not include travel to and from the city where the course is held. Students must make their own travel arrangements to the course.

Textbooks and course materials

Textbooks can be ordered through webText Europe - a secure, online textbook service designed to make your textbook ordering quick and simple. You can also receive on-site assistance from your local field representative. For a detailed listing of required textbooks and early reading assignments, please see the current course syllabus found in the schedule.

Registration details

You may register for the 3 credit field study course with your local field representative or online at MyUMUC. Tuition assistance or financial aid can be applied toward tuition costs. For more information, contact the UMUC Field Study Office at DSN 314-370-6762, CIV +49-(0)6221-3780, or e-mail fieldstudies@europe.umuc.edu.

Important!

Before completing your travel plans, please verify with your local field representative or the Field Study Office in Heidelberg that the course will be held as scheduled. Students who drop/withdraw from a field study course after the registration deadline will be charged a fee of $100.

 

Last updated: 20 July 2011