Jules Verne Forum

<jvf@Gilead.org.il>

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 19961997199819992000200120022003200420052006200720082009

Re: 20K - which chapts to skip? (sorry 4 the blasphemy)

From: Harry Hayfield <harryhayfield~at~googlemail.com>
Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2007 09:51:41 -0000
To: "Jules Verne Forum" <jvf~at~gilead.org.il>

David, David, David. There's no need to apolgise at all. We can all quite
understand the pressures that you must be understand to try and educate the
masses into the works of Verne (for which I personally think you should get
an award for). As to your question, might I suggest that you skip those
chapters that are basically movement (for instance the entire chapter is
nothing but the Nautlius moving from one place to another with nothing of
interest happening at all). Actually that reminds me, would you have any
objections if I sent you a blog (in the same style as Fogg's blog from 2006)
based on the experiences of Professor Aronax?

Subject: 20K - which chapts to skip? (sorry 4 the blasphemy)

Last Spring I used JCE for my second 102 class, this year I'll be using
20K - using the Miller and Walter translation as well as using parts of Dr.
Chamberlin's incredible study guide for 20K. As we at LA Tech are on the
quarter system (sigh) and as I need to cover other topics (short fiction,
drama, and poetry), I have been advised that I should probably not have the
students read the entire work (I remember having to read more when I was a
Freshman, but then again, maybe my memory has exaggerated it). I figure I
could always give a synopsis for each of the skipped chapters.

Anyway, blasphemous as the question is, what chapters do ye learned scholars
feel could be reluctantly skipped over (summarized by me) without losing the
core essence of the tale?

TTFN,
David

No virus found in this outgoing message.
Checked by AVG Free Edition.
Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.17.11/1201 - Release Date: 28/12/2007
11:51 am
Received on Sun 30 Dec 2007 - 11:52:42 IST

JV.Gilead.org.il
Copyright © Zvi Har’El
$Date: 2009/02/01 22:36:11 $$