Ravello Literary Summer School
Pastoral Visions: Exploring the Idea of Retreat in Literature, Art and Film
17–21 July, 2017

You’re invited to join us for a unique literary summer school experience in Ravello, Italy, to explore the pastoral and ideas of retreat in literature, art and film. Situated about 5 km from Amalfi, overlooking the coast, Ravello has inspired many writers, artists and musicians throughout history. There will be lectures from an international group of scholars, playreadings from Shakespeare, other readings from a range of texts from the classical to the contemporary, a poetry writing workshop for those interested in creative writing, excursions to the gardens of Villa Cimbrone and Villa Rufolo (with the opportunity for sketching), and a walk in the footsteps of E.M. Forster. Topics of sessions will include classical pastoral, exploring the work of Theocritus and Virgil, early modern and Shakespearean pastoral, the myth of the Mediterranean, the pastoral in modernism, and the pastoral in film. A detailed programme will be provided closer to the time.

No prior experience is necessary; students, general readers, scholars all welcome!

Convenors:

• Dr Victoria Bladen (The University of Queensland, Australia)
• Assoc Prof Maddalena Pennacchia (Roma Tre University, Italy)

More information about the Convenors: http://victoriabladen.wixsite.com/shakespeareforall/about-the-convenors

Enquiries: victoria.bladen@uqconnect.edu.au or maddalena.pennacchia@uniroma3.it

​