FAMILY WAY PLAN 2017

This plan should serve as an outline only. There is a detailed plan of each week’s activities which can be accessed by clicking on the links on the right-hand side of the page.

 

	1st hour	2nd hour
1	Discussion: self and family in early modern period	Perrault: discussion of verse tales and preface
2	Perrault: discussion of prose tales	Perrault and his contemporaries: discussion of prose tales
3	Discussion of LB’s Récit véritable and prefaces	Discussion of LB’s Récit véritable and prefaces
4	Discussion of LB's Instruction à ma fille	Library Workshop: performing effective searches; bibliography building.
5	Explorations of Rodogune and  Regency: general discussion	Explorations of Rodogune and regency
6	READING WEEK	READING WEEK
7	Explorations of Athalie	Discussion: , Athalie, Aristocracy and Blood
8	Comparison: Athalie and Rodogune	Comparison: Athalie and Rodogune
9	Mme de Sévigné: history and context; women and the salon environment; the mother-daughter relationship	Work on Sévigné’s letters and thoughts about early modern feminism.
10	Summing up: a workshop	Preparations for essay writing

 

family way symposium

Our module will end with a mini-conference in which you will draw your ideas together around a short presentation.

Go to Symposium for more details.

 

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