Todd,
what about the age of Dickens do you want to focus on? are you
interested in the social issues he addresses? the aesthetics of Victorian
culture? If the former, a little historical comparison with those same
issues in contemporary cities might work. We still have at least one
large foot in the industrial era and its effects have had a few more years
to play out on urban life. Any number of issues/agencies would work,
especially those that address the needs of children and the elderly. Kim
On 5 Nov 1996, Pickett, Todd wrote:
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> I'm teaching an undergraduate course called "Age of Dickens" next semester
> that will introduce students to Victorian literature by focusing on Dickens,
> but also by incorporating other prose, poetry and autobiography of the period.
> I've recently become quite excited about service learning (or community based
> learning) and wondered if anyone out there has incorporated it into a
> Victorian lit. course. Or, are there assignments from another period/course
> that could be modified for this?
> I teach at a small, private liberal arts university in Los Angeles County.
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> Any and all suggestions welcome and appreciated.
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> Todd Pickett
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