British Literature Study Abroad

Summer 2013

This course will explore the work of several of the most prominent English writers of the nineteenth century and visit the places where this work was created and set: the Lake District of Wordsworth and Coleridge, the Yorkshire of the Brontë sisters,  Jane Austen’s Bath, and the London of Charles Dickens, Oscar Wilde, and George Bernard Shaw.  We will visit the residences of these writers and associated historical sites, museums, and art galleries, as well as attending related theatrical performances. The course will be broadcast for two weeks at the beginning of the first summer block, to provide orientation to the period, authors, works, and details of the trip, after which we will spend approximately two weeks in England. The remainder of the class will be conducted online to allow students to stay on in England or travel elsewhere in Europe if they wish.    Please contact Dr. Alan Blackstock at alan.blackstock@usu.eduor 435-722-1735 for information on costs and credits.  (I plan to attend the USU Study Abroad Fair on January 30 and would be happy to meet with any interested students then). Additional information is also available at the USU Study Abroad website: http://globalengagement.usu.edu/htm/study-abroad/find-a-program/program_id=87