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E349S15 Lewis Carroll
9-8 MEET AT HRC
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REQUIRED READINGS:
[1] Annotated Alice,pp. 11-46: "Down the Rabbit-Hole"; "The Pool of Tears"; "A Caucus Race...."; "The Rabbit....."
[2] ANTHOLOGY: 452-553 Lewis Carroll at Texas; 599-606 "The Written Word of Charles Dodgson" (student paper: by a retired police lieutenant who analyzed criminals' handwriting for pedophile tendencies); 980-1020 Lewis Carroll biography; 384-390 Lewis Carroll's childhood: Rectory Magazine
RECOMMENDED READINGS: Dodgson and little girls William the Conqueror information ILLUSTRATIONS OF CHAPTER 2 ILLUSTRATIONS OF CHAPTER 3 ILLUSTRATIONS OF CHAPTER 4
TODAY'S ACTIVITIES: Quiz in class. "Best and Worst" for second half of alphabet; Discussion of Blogs posted 9-6, including possible topics: roles of Dream Child ? Alice the Good? Alice the Bad? Alice the Hero? Alice the Conqueror? relevance of William the Conqueror information?
POSSIBLE DISCUSSION AND/OR RESEARCH PAPER TOPICS: Possible topics: archetypal significance of going down the rabbit hole, tunnel to the underground, etc.?archetypal significance of the pool of tears? personal meanings for you? why is Alice afraid of the mouse? what does her fear have to do witH William the Conqueror? why do the English fear the French? Why did they at that time? (1865) why are people afraid of mice, rats, etc.?
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HRC materials on display today: Dodgson photographs and, downstairs, the First Photograph
Photographs on display for us: [Rosy Dreams and Slumbers Light], 1873;
["St. George and the Dragon," ca. 1874]; ["The Elopement". Alice Jane Donkin], October
[Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, half-length, seated on sofa with head leaning on his right hand,
[Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, seated in chair, writing at desk with his head resting on his left hand,
Memoriam card of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson], 1898;
Alice Liddell and her two sisters, ca. 1859];
albums: [Lewis Carroll album VI]: kitten or madonna
[unnumbered album: Little Red Riding Hood
Weld Album: meerkat
Photographs Vol. III: last photo: Tom Quad
A Few Digitized HRC Dodgson Photographs
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some of the HRC materials from the recent exhibit
that you can use for your projects:
books illustrations photographs letters
audio materials cinematic materials
miscellaneous objects
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- LOOKING AHEAD:
9-10 MEET AT HRC;"Caterpillar"; "Pig and Pepper"; Mad Tea Party" Dream Child ? Alice the Good? Alice the Bad? Alice the Hero? Alice the Conqueror?Annotated Alice,pp.47-79 ; Quiz in class. "Best and Worst"for first half of alphabet;Photos, Drawings, Illustrations + x275-290 , 299 guides to college, Oxford; x275-299
9/11 12th class day: last day to add a class
9-13 Sunday: blogs for 9-15 and 9-17 assignments due by 11:59 PM Sunday.
9/14 Intrasemester reports due in the deans' offices.
"Stress Recess" Stressed by papers? Tests? Relationship issues? For these and other stressors, take a few minutes to check out a new interactive website called "Stress Recess" at http://www.cmhc.utexas.edu/stressrecess, a component of the UT Counseling and Mental Health Center. This site is loaded with videos, animation, video games, body scans, quizzes, clickable charts and graphics and practical information tailored to YOU. Learn what causes stress, signs of stress and—most importantly---what you can do to manage stress in healthy ways!
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