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sensiblecat) wrote2010-09-23 08:45 pm
sensiblecat) wrote2010-09-23 08:45 pm
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I'm Back
At last the plaster's off and I can type again - slowly and awkwardly but it's a start. It's good to be back.
And a lot has happened. I'm about to start a course in Children's Literature at Roehampton University near London. This is to help me with the background I need to write my dissertation at Stratford. I'm going to be looking at biographical representations of Shakespeare in fiction for kids and young adults - yes, there's still a bit of the Tenth Doctor in there! But mostly we're talking books, and there are a lot of them, particularly Boys' Own Paper stuff about orphans who run away and join the Chamberlain's Men at the Globe. There's also the occasional girl in disguise, as you'd expect, but we're mostly talking boys here, and I expect to be saying plenty about gendered Shakespeare and intertextuality.
Having said that, in the numerous stories I've read over the summer there have been one or two gems. Susan Cooper's wonderful time travel story "King of Shadows", Celia Rees's take on Twelfth Night, "The Fool's Girl" and the wonderful Grace Tiffany, an American writer who has a terrific feel for the inner life of both Shakespeare himself and his daughter Judith. All deserve honourable mentions.
Roehampton have kindly agreed to let me sit in on their introduction module for their MA in Children's Lit, without credit, so all I have to do is get down to London once a week and turn up. That's actually quite a lot, on top of all the other stuff I do, but it's a fantastic opportunity. I hope to catch some theatre in the process, starting with Jacobi in King Lear in a few months' time.
My son has had to settle for his second choice of university, Essex, a good course but rather an inconvenient location from where we live up in the north of England. However, he's happy to be heading off there. Tomorrow John and I are heading for the Alumni Weekend in Cambridge with DD and her friend, and on Saturday I get to eat in hall at St John's College. Definitely an occasion that calls for a serious outfit!
It's Hamlet time again - I've managed to get tickets for the John Simm outing in Sheffield. It's made me incredibly nostalgic for Tennant - I even feel like watching End of Time again. Never thought that would happen.
And that's about all I can manage for now - I'm still in a splint. Maybe I should have another go at the Voice Recognition software. There is a delightful fic to be written about Ten and McSpeech Dictate, but it's a long time since I was inspired to write anything about Doctor Who.
And a lot has happened. I'm about to start a course in Children's Literature at Roehampton University near London. This is to help me with the background I need to write my dissertation at Stratford. I'm going to be looking at biographical representations of Shakespeare in fiction for kids and young adults - yes, there's still a bit of the Tenth Doctor in there! But mostly we're talking books, and there are a lot of them, particularly Boys' Own Paper stuff about orphans who run away and join the Chamberlain's Men at the Globe. There's also the occasional girl in disguise, as you'd expect, but we're mostly talking boys here, and I expect to be saying plenty about gendered Shakespeare and intertextuality.
Having said that, in the numerous stories I've read over the summer there have been one or two gems. Susan Cooper's wonderful time travel story "King of Shadows", Celia Rees's take on Twelfth Night, "The Fool's Girl" and the wonderful Grace Tiffany, an American writer who has a terrific feel for the inner life of both Shakespeare himself and his daughter Judith. All deserve honourable mentions.
Roehampton have kindly agreed to let me sit in on their introduction module for their MA in Children's Lit, without credit, so all I have to do is get down to London once a week and turn up. That's actually quite a lot, on top of all the other stuff I do, but it's a fantastic opportunity. I hope to catch some theatre in the process, starting with Jacobi in King Lear in a few months' time.
My son has had to settle for his second choice of university, Essex, a good course but rather an inconvenient location from where we live up in the north of England. However, he's happy to be heading off there. Tomorrow John and I are heading for the Alumni Weekend in Cambridge with DD and her friend, and on Saturday I get to eat in hall at St John's College. Definitely an occasion that calls for a serious outfit!
It's Hamlet time again - I've managed to get tickets for the John Simm outing in Sheffield. It's made me incredibly nostalgic for Tennant - I even feel like watching End of Time again. Never thought that would happen.
And that's about all I can manage for now - I'm still in a splint. Maybe I should have another go at the Voice Recognition software. There is a delightful fic to be written about Ten and McSpeech Dictate, but it's a long time since I was inspired to write anything about Doctor Who.