Children's Literature in Oxford, England
Summer, 2009
Entrance to the Botanical Garden, Oxford
Program:
Students in the Children’s Literature Studies program at Eastern Michigan University will read the work of three major British fantasy writers—Carroll, Pullman, and Lewis. In the second part of the program, we will visit historic Oxford, the area that profoundly influenced each of these writers and where Pullman now resides. Thus, we will be reading works such as Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, The Golden Compass (part of His Dark Materials trilogy), and The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe (part of the Narnia series) and visiting the places in and around Oxford that inspired these seminal children’s literature texts. Other relevant areas of interest include Norwich (Pullman’s birthplace), Cheshire (Carroll’s birthplace), the Lake District (Beatrix Potter’s Hilltop farm), East Sussex (Kipling), Glastonbury and Stonehenge, two mighty landscapes that have shaped much British children’s fantasy.
Cost: $1200 (2009 actual costs TBA)
Program fee includes:
• Lodging
• Lectures
• Miscellaneous tour expenses
• All gratuities
• International Student ID Card
• Health insurance
Program fee does not include:
• Round-trip international airfare
• EMU tuition and fees
• Other meals and beverages
• Personal expenses
• Independent travel
View of Oxford
Academics:
Course Title and Description:
Oxford and Beyond: British Children’s Literature Fantasy Writers
Lit 479/Lit 592: 3 CREDITS
Course Requirements:
Several short papers written before departing for Oxford
Longer paper written after trip is finished
Presentation in Oxford or location of choice
Course Books:
Lewis, C. S. The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe.
Pullman, P. His Dark Materials
Carroll, L. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Through the Looking Glass
Itinerary 2008 (2009 TBA):
July 9-13
Students will attend class at EMU (Time and Dates to be announced)
July 16-17
Class at EMU (Time and Dates to be announced)
July 18
Travel to Oxford ( Detroit to Heathrow). Depart Detroit.
July 19
Arrive Heathrow. Arrive Oxford. Bodleian Library.
Group Dinner.
July 20
Oxford: Pitt Rivers Museum, Christ Church College ( Pullman)
July 21
Carroll’s Oxford
The Alice Shop (Old Sheep Shop from Through The
Looking Glass), Christ Church College (Carroll)
River Thames ( Oxford to Binsey & St Margaret’s Church)
July 22
Oxford
St John ‘s College, Magdelen College
Eagle and Child (Tolkein and Lewis
July 23
Lake District
Lake Windermere (Ransome), Hilltop Farm (Potter)
July 24
London
Westminster Cathedral. Poet’s Corner (Carroll)
July 25
East Sussex (Kipling)
July 26
Stonehenge/Glastonbury
Group Dinner
July 27
Depart Oxford, Depart Heathrow, Arrive Detroit
View of Parliament, Big Ben and the Thames, London
Read a student's Oxford Story
Applications:
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EMU students applying for EMU Study Abroad programs, download:
Application for EMU Students
Non-EMU students applying for EMU Study Abroad programs, download:
Application for Non-EMU Students
For More Information:
Contact:
Professor Ian Wojcik Andrews
Department of English Language and Literature
Children’s Literature Studies, iwojcika@emich.edu
or
- Academic Programs Abroad
- 103 Boone Hall
- Eastern Michigan University
- Ypsilanti, MI 48197
- Telephone: 734.487.2424 or 800.777.3541
- fax: 734.487.4377
- E-mail: Programs Abroad
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