The Hours and Mrs. Dalloway

What seems always on my mind these days is a particular workshop entitled "Bridging the Gap." The workshop is just that--a workshop and it happens in April. Participants and I will endeavor to draw connections between Virginia Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway and Michael Cunningham's The Hours. We will view two films Mrs. Dalloway (1997) and The Hours (2003) and will discuss them in tandem with exerpts from the novel and other readings. Participants can expect to keep a writing folder in which they will record images, diagrams, thoughts, and streams of consciousness. The objective of this exercise is to produce an essay in which a bridge is built between the two works.

By using the lens of relationship(s) we may be able to build a "bridge" between the two works; at the very least gain a greater appreciation of what Woolf and Cunningham have given us.

I look forward to meeting and working with the participants of "Bridging the Gap."