Cyrano de Bergerac
Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmund Rostand
Voyage to the Moon, a 123 page book, by Cyrano de Bergerac, also has a small biography of the real man
Voyage to the Sun, also by Cyrano is not a free on-line edition
Day 1 & 2:
Mini Research (in teams): Pick a topic and a partner; both should know all of the information that both find and both partners should have access to the equal work shared.
Topics:
Louis XIV who is he, nickname, portraits etc.
Social hierarchy characteristics of 17th century France
Role of religion (esp. Catholicism)
Dress and Hair for all classes
Soldiers, Gascons & Muskateers esp.
Thirty Years War, esp. Battle at Arras
Action (Punishishment) for Offense (breaking rules, orders)
Predominant Entertainment and Paintings & their creators of the 17th century
French literature & esp poetry & plays
Historical Cyrano de Bergerac
Day 3
1950 Jose Ferrer's Academy Award Performance from Brian Hooker's Translation of Cyrano:
Battle at Arras 1640-1654
Day 4
To Althea From Prison by Richard Lovelace
and
Nature of Love according to the Greeks
Day 5
and
Cyrano's Speech to delay DeGuiche
Day 6
Day 7
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Day 8: Seminar: The following questions are a stimulus for thought before going into the seminar. The questions are NOT to be answered as homework OR 'answered' during the seminar. They are to ponder and help direct some thinking.