Expatriate Writers in Venice
Tentative Course Itinerary
First class meeting: 1800 hours Sunday at Hotel Villa Rosa (Lista di Spagna), Cannaregio 389, Venice
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Day 1 (Saturday)
1800 |
Students arrive; Class meets at 1800 in Villa Rosa lobby for introductory meeting and syllabus |
| Day 2 (Sunday) |
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| 1045 |
Meet in Villa Rosa lobby
Venice: People and places
Overview: Romantics to Moderns
Romantics: Byron, Browning, and Ruskin |
| 1200 |
Lunch |
| 1230 |
"My Last Duchess" |
| 1330 |
Walk 1: Aspern palace setting from Henry James |
| Day 3 (Monday) |
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| 0900 |
Walk 2: Accademia Tour -Venetian painting through foreign eyes |
| 1100 |
Walk 3: Frari Church and Venice's three greatest altarpieces |
| 1200 |
Lunch |
| 1300 |
Venice and foreigners; Aspern Papers lectures |
| Day 4 (Tuesday) |
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| 1030 |
Death in Venice |
| 1200 |
Lunch |
| 1300 |
Walk 4: Pound, Ruskin, Hemingway's Venice, Harry's Bar, and Piazza San Marco |
| Day 5 (Wednesday) |
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| 0930 |
Boat to Torcello Island with stop on Burano Island |
| 1015 |
Walk 4: Torcello: Ruskin, James, Hemingway, and Morris; Island Tour and visit to Basilica |
| 1200 |
Lunch on island |
| 1330 |
Return boat trip |
| 1830 |
Literary salon: Campo San Giovanni and San Paolo |
| Day 6 (Thursday) |
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Time for independent projects |
| 1300 |
Across the river - Lecture and student panels |
| 1600 |
Ezra Pound and Jan Morris |
| Day 7 (Friday) |
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| 1030 |
Classroom: Panel reviews for exam; upper-level presentations of projects |
| 1330 |
Final exam study sessions |
| Day 8 (Saturday) |
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| 0900 |
Villa Rosa Hotel: Final exam |
Last updated: 22 July 2011
