Cultural Contact Zones: WroclawMay 12-June 2, 2014

Wroclaw Today

Poland Between the Wars

Poland After 1945

Polish Literature

• Eva Stachniak, Necessary Lies• A novel by Marek Krajewski• Olga Tokarczuk, House of Day, House of Night• Some short stories and poems I will post on

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Courses & Credits

Student course credit: minimum 6 credits total: • ENGL 415: Comparative Literature (3 credits) • ARTS 212 Survey of European Art, 1900 to

Contemporary (3 Credits) **Students who wish to complete 9 credits of

work have the additional option of taking either ENGL 490: Special Project, or ARTS 312: Contemporary Art and Art Theory (3 credits)

Course Work• ENGL 415: – Readings: 3 novels and some short stories/poems – Assignments: discussion questions, a reading/

travel journal, and a research proposal and paper. • ARTS 212: – Focus on Polish artists and artworks in a study of

Modernism and Postmodernism in light of the economic and political events of the 20th century

– Assignments: an essay, reading journals, and a review of an art exhibition in Wroclaw.

Cinnamon Hostel, Salon

Cinnamon Hostel, Bedrooms

Auschwitz

Świdnica Peace Church

Książ Castle

Posńan

Kraków: Old City Centre

Cost of Program

• The cost payable to VIU is estimated to be $2350.00 and includes: –program operational costs – accommodation (hostel) –program-related travel in Poland –day trips and excursions –Breakfasts, lunches on daytrips, and one

group dinner

Additional Costs

• tuition & student society fees for 6 or 9 credits (estimate $810-$1280)

• air travel to and from Poland (estimate $1500-$2000) • meals other than those specified above (estimate $350) • transport in Poland (estimate $100) • out-of-country medical insurance (only if you’re not

covered by VIU’s extended student medical) • passport • textbooks • personal expenses