English Theater, Literature, and Art in London

Program Dates

Winter term 2005

Directors

Neil Lutsky, Professor of Psychology
Connie Walker, Professor of English

Neil Lutsky teaches courses in social psychology, personality, data analysis, and general psychology. Constance Walker teaches courses on Romantic poetry and prose, and Jane Austen. Lutsky and Walker have previously directed the London seminar in 1990, 1994, and 2000.

Prerequisistes

The seminar is open to students in any major at Carleton. Prior to the start of the program, all participants are expected to have completed English 110 or English 111 for English 381-07, and Psychology 110, 252, 256, or 258 for Psychology 381-07.

Course of Study; 16 Credits

ENGLISH 291-07: Reading in London (4 CREDITS, S/CR/NC)

Directed reading during winter break 2004.
Instructors: Profs. Lutsky and Walker

ENGLISH 380-07: LONDON THEATER (6 CREDITS)

Students will attend productions of classical and contemporary plays in London and Stratford-on-Avon. Class discussions and papers will compare and contrast dramatic genres, acting styles, and production design. The class will meet with actors, critics, and directors from the Royal Shakespeare Company, The National Theatre, and the wider theatrical community of London.
Instructors: Profs. Lutsky and Walker

Students should choose one of the following two courses:

ENGLISH 381-07: Literature and Landscape in Georgian England (6 CREDITS)

Pope’s Twickenham, Dr. Johnson’s London, Wordsworth’s Grasmere, Austen’s Chawton and Bath, and Keats’s Hampstead are some of the venues we’ll visit and explore in a study of how the places these writers knew figured in their essays, poetry and novels.
Instructor: Professor Walker

OR

PSYCHOLOGY 381-07: London Program: Psychology in Cross-National Perspective (6 CREDITS, SS)

This seminar will consider how robust theories and findings in psychology are when applied to people in different nations and cultures. We will also examine how psychology as a discipline is represented elsewhere, most notably in the United Kingdom. Psychologists with interests in cross-cultural research will visit the seminar.
Instructor: Professor Lutsky

Housing

Students will stay in double or triple rooms at the Avalon Hotel, 46 Cartwright Gardens, London WC1, conveniently located in central London.

Students will have breakfast at the hotel and eat lunch and dinner on their own with an allowance provided by the program. Classes meet at a nearby site, a short walk from the Avalon.

Class Schedule

Classes will meet Monday through Thursday mornings. Seminar participants also typically attend two theater productions as a group during weekday evenings. This schedule allows students to explore London and travel around Britain over long weekends. Students may, of course, travel on their own before and after the seminar and during the program’s midterm break.

Excursions

Group excursions are likely to include trips to the Royal Shakespeare Theater in Stratford-on-Avon, the Freud Museum in London, the Lake District, Chawton, Bath, and sites of literary interest in London. In addition, we will attend numerous theater productions in London at major theaters such as the RSC, the National Theater, and the Almeida, and at smaller venues such as the Bridge Lane Theater and Maison Bertaux.

Expenses

Students pay the 2004-05 Carleton comprehensive fee, which covers the costs of instruction, room, board, and all scheduled excursions, performances, cultural, and social events. Students are responsible for their own travel expenses to and from the program site, books, personal expenses, and independent travel costs. Student financial aid is applicable as on campus. See the Off-Campus Studies Planning & Program Guide for further information regarding work study contracts, loans and other subjects on financial aid.

Applications

Application forms are available from the Office of Off-Campus Studies, Leighton 119. Applications are due no later than Tuesday, February 10^th, 2004 in Laird 201 (Professor Walker) or Olin 111 (Professor Lutsky).

There will be an information meeting in early winter term 2004, place TBA.

If you have immediate questions about courses, please email Constance Walker, cwalker@carleton.edu, or Neil Lutsky, nlutsky@carleton.edu. Other questions may be addressed to the Office of Off-Campus Studies.