EL Course: Angers: Past and Present
Preliminary Syllabus
July 30 - August 20, 2003
Instructors: Amelia Carr, Courtenay Dodge
| Required texts: Balzac, Eugénie Grandet Rabelais, Gargantua Grand-Clément, Savoir-vivre avec les Français booklet of supplementary readings booklet with French language lessons |
The attached schedule is subject to change, according to the situation in Angers and the needs of the class. We will have the option to attend some of the many concerts, plays, fêtes and spectacles that are part of the lively summers in this popular tourist region. |
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Date |
assignment/reading |
morning
(1) |
morning
(2) |
afternoon |
evening |
| July 31 | arrive Angers | ||||
| August 1 (Fri.) | Orientation | walking tour of city | |||
| August 2 (Sat.) | Histoire d'Angers | Dinner | |||
| August 3 (Sun.) | EXCURSION: Fontevraud | ||||
| August 4 (Mon.) | 1a)Départ-Arrivée: dialogues des chapitres
2,3,4,10 1b) Savoir vivre: 1,2 |
1a)vocabulaire: le voyage, la cathédrale 1b) Savoir vivre: 1, 2 |
Gothic | Cathedral | |
| August 5 (Tues.) | Apocalypse |
1a) DA: Chap. 5 1b) SV: 2 |
Apocalypse One |
St. Serge Lake for swimming |
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| August 6 (Wed.) | 1a) DA: Chap. 5 1b) SV: 3,4 |
Apocalypse Two | Chateau (Apocalypse Tapestries) | ||
| August 7 (Thurs.) | 1a) DA: Chap. 6 1b) SV: 4 |
Jeanne d'Arc | Visite à la mairie | Anouilh, L'Alouette | |
| August 8 (Fri.) | CIDEF - Puy du Fou
(optional) | ||||
| August 9 (Sat.) | |||||
| August 10 (Sun.) | 1a) DA: Chap. 7 1b) poèmes de DuBellay 2. DuBellay; SV: 7 |
poésie de DuBellay et Aragon Musée Lurçat |
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| August 11 (Mon.) | Gargantua | 1a) DA: Chap. 6 1b) SV: 4,6 |
Rabelais One | Cointreau factory | |
| August 12 (Tues.) | EXCURSION: Chinon, Azay-le-Rideau, Château de Saché (Balzac) | ||||
| August 13 (Wed.) | 1a) DA: Chap. 7 1b) Gargantua |
La Révolution Française | Musée David d'Angers | ||
| August 14 (Thurs.) | Eugénie Grandet |
1a) DA: Chap. 8 |
EXCURSION: La Devinière, Lerné, Maison Troglodyte | ||
| August 15 (Fri.) | Feast of the Assumption (national holiday) |
1a) DA: Chap. 8 |
Balzac | ||
| August 16 Sat.) | EXCURSION: Saumur |
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| August 17 (Sun.) | CIDEF: Mont-St-Michel, St-Malo (optional) | ||||
| August 18 (Mon.) | 1a) DA: Chap. 9 1b) |
Balzac | Château de Brissac | ||
| August 19 (Tues. ) | 1a) DA: Chap. 9 1b) |
Angers: Past and Present | |||
| August 20 (Wed.) | Départ Angers | ||||
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Last updated 10 July 2003