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Introduction
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One:
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| The Program and its Rationale |
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Syllabus and Course Description |
5 - 6 |
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1. The Seven Challenges of Elderhood and the
Second Half of Life |
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2. Defining the Elderquest
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3. Eight Ways to Look at an Elderquest
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4. Homer’s Elderquest: The text
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5. An Introduction to Cinematics and a Glossary of
its Terms |
11 - 15 |
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Supporting Materials: |
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A. Odysseus, Tiresias, and the
First Elderquest |
16 - 20 |
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B. Oedipus the King and Oedipus at Colonus: The Heroic Quest vs.
the Elderquest |
21 - 24 |
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C. The Elderquest and the Road Movie
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25 - 26 |
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Presentation One: An Introduction to the
Elderquest |
27 - 28 |
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Presentation Two: Wild Strawberries
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Introduction |
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Supporting Materials |
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Wild Strawberries
as a Prototype
for the Modern Elderquest |
29 - 39 |
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Handouts Six:
Plotting the
Elderquest
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40 - 41 |
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Reading Wild
Strawberries
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Some Questions for Discussion
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43 - 45 |
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Part Three:
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46 - 65 |
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| The Elderquest in Today’s Movies and Novels
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Presentation Three: Reading The Trip to
Bountiful
An Introduction and Some Questions
for Discussion
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46 - 49 |
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Presentation Four: Reading The Straight
Story
An Introduction and Some Questions for Discussion |
50 - 53 |
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Presentation Five: Reading Central Station
An Introduction and Some Questions for Discussion |
54 - 57 |
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Presentation Six: Reading Praisesong for the
Widow
An Introduction and Some Questions
for Discussion |
58 - 59 |
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Presentation Seven: Reading About Schmidt
An Introduction and Some Questions
for Discussion |
60 - 62 |
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Presentation Eight: Reading Carry Me Across
the Water
An Introduction and Some Questions for
Discussion |
63 - 65 |
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| Critiquing the Elderquest
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Handout Seven: Critiquing the
Elderquest and Charting your own
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66 - 68 |
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Course Evaluation
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69 - 70 |
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| Part Five:
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| For Further Study and Enjoyment
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The Rest of the Story: The Cinema and Literature of
Age |
71 - 96 |
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B. Some Additional
Elderquests in Film and Literature 97-102
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C. Books and Articles on
the Course’s Films and Novels |
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