As part of the NEH Summer Seminars for Teachers program, the Dickens Project at the University of California, Santa Cruz is hosting a seminar on Teaching Literature through Adaptation. This 3-week seminar, “Reimagining Jane Eyre and Great Expectations” runs  23 June-12 July 2019. The seminar will take place at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Each of the 16 seminar participants will receive a stipend of $2700 to offset transportation and lodging expenses.

Using two case studies–Jane Eyre and Great Expectations–this three-week seminar explores various ways teachers can use literary imitations to promote engaged reading and creative expression. Drawing on cutting-edge scholarship, the seminar showcases the ways in which the informed study of adaptations can enhance the development of core skills in the areas of critical reading, analytical reasoning, argumentative writing, and creative production. By bringing adaptations into the classroom conversation, teachers can promote active literacy, encouraging students to speak not only about but also to the texts they study.

The seminar director, Marty Gould, is Associate Professor of English at the University of South Florida. An expert in the fields of nineteenth-century literature and adaptation studies, Dr. Gould is also a veteran seminar director, having created and led three previous NEH summer programs.

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Applications are due 1 March 2019.