Ravello Literary Summer School 2017

Pastoral Visions: exploring the idea of retreat in literature, art and film

17 – 21 July 2017

The summer school, held in Ravello, Italy, explored the pastoral and ideas of retreat in literature, art and film.  Topics of sessions included 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. For the full programme of events, download the pdf above.

 

 

Convenors: Dr Victoria Bladen (The University of Queensland) and Prof Maddalena Pennacchia (Roma Tre University)

 

Venues:    Ravello Art Center (Via Gradillo, 1 -  84010 Ravello)

Centro Universitario Europeo per i Beni Culturali - Villa Rufolo [Parco Regionale dei Monti Lattari, Piazza Duomo - 84010 Ravello]

Villa Cimbrone [Santa Chiara Street - 84010 Ravello]

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The convenors of the summer school, Dr Victoria Bladen (The University of Queensland) and Prof Maddalena Pennacchia (Roma Tre University), would like to sincerely thank the following institutions for their support and generous sponsorship of the summer school:

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The Centro Universitario Europeo per i Beni Culturali,

The Consorzio di promozione turistica ‘Ravello Sense’,

The UQ Advantage Employability Award programme, and

Roma Tre University programma Escursioni Didattiche.

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A group poem was created during the summer school. Participants were invited to write three lines (haiku style) in response to Ravello. These were edited and consolidated by poet Lesley Synge. (To read the poem, click on pdf at right): 

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