Hi!
Yes, we have 7 provisional room groupings but in France, we will be settled into twin rooms. so pls login to google doc and make sure you get someone who does not snore. the 9 guys will have a problem but i think you are all pretty slim so no prob squeezing 3 guys into one of the rooms.
about the trip, the educational part will be largely self-directed but we have some minimum standards. We don't want to tax you too much since you may be mugging for your other subjects but it's a lit trip after all...
That's why I emphasised that the captions/essays/creative prose should be SHORT AND MEANINGFUL.
since there are 7 rooms, each room will play a part:
-- Provide researched links on literary significance of the 17 places of attraction OR PLAYS (2 room groups will do this): 1 GOOD LINK PER play or place of attraction: pls write short explanation of why it is a good link.
-- Photo Essay of UK (literary-historical), with captions: 1 group
-- Photo Essay of France (literary-historical) and transits in Dubai, with captions: 1 group
-- Creative SHORT prose or poetry to accompany photos: 1 group
-- Consolidating the info, writing the introductory essay for the photo essays for Uk and France: 2 groups
all links to be consolidated here and they have to be posted up by 28 May!
the photo essays, creative prose/poetry to accompany the photos should be done on the spot, and refined at the end of every day (we will give you time to jot stuff down in your journals every night) by 8 june.
all groups with the raw material will give the info to the 2 groups compiling to upload. uploading and intro essay to be done by 11 june 2007: extension to be negotiated (11 june should give you time to recover fr jet lag)
I will be smsing the group leaders and it is either you state your preference, first come first serve or lucky draw.
list of places of attraction or plays:
The plays we are watching:
1. The Seagull by Anton Chekhov
2. Othello by Shakespeare
The places we are visiting:
1. Stratford: RSC and Shakespeare Birthplace Centre
2. Globe Theatre
3. Westminister Abbey: Poets' Corner and etc
4. Bath: Roman Baths and Jane Austen Centre
5. Oxford: Bodleian Library
6. Charles Dickens Museum
7. Rochester: St James Churchyard: place of the little graves
8. Imperial War Museum
9. Somme, Beaumont Hamel, Newfoundland Memorial Park
10. Paris:
11. Latin Quarter
12. Shakespeare and Co: Sylvia Beach and Modernists
13. Notre Dame Cathedral
14. Eiffel Tower
15. Versailles Palace: WWI Treaty of Versailles and the Hall of Mirrors
So, there are 17 items to cover: 15 places + 2 plays.
