1. Twilight CampConnecting with Potential Users Cynthia Dudenhoffer Director of Information Resources Central Methodist University
2. About Us Rural, liberal arts college Fayette, Pop. 2500 Rural, 1st generation college students Focus on Collaboration Large Distance Population
3. CMU Camps History of campus camps Sports Music Church Related CSI @ CMU What can we do? Who isn’t being served? Personal Interests Twilight Campers 2009
4. Why Twilight? Ready made phenomenon Young women & “Twilight Moms” Literary Allusions Author Supplied Commentary Relatable social Issues Lots of available resources!
5. What is it? 3 day Camp with a reading focus High School Girls, 14-17 A “Niche” Camp A Recruitment Opportunity Campus snapshot 2 hours Dual Credit EN190 Reading Literature Critically Twilight Campers 2008
6. What do we do? Literary Analysis Cultural & Social Analysis Multimedia Projects Casting Soundtrack Adapt a Scene Craft Projects Movies Slumber Party!
7. Reading Literature Critically Compare and Contrast Pride and Prejudice Romeo and Juliet Wuthering Heights Characters Edward/Darcy/Heathcliff/Romeo Bella/Elizabeth/Catherine/Juliet Themes and Symbols Love and Fate Critical Analysis Essay
8. Cultural and Social Analysis Fandom and Phenomenon MU Focus Group Twilight Culture Cultural Significance Vampires through History Pop Culture (What came before) Social Issues Bella & Edward in real life Relationships and High School
9. Multimedia Projects Adapt a Scene Scripting and performance Create an Original Soundtrack Justification for each song Why does this remind you of Twilight Create a cast Who do you think is a better Bella Justification for each choice
10. Fun Stuff! Crafts Key chains & Charm Bracelets Mini-buttons T-shirts Board Game Movies & TV Room and Board
11. What did we learn? Lots of interest! Never underestimate the power of cute boys! Girls love crafts Analysis is easier than we expected Parents will support anything, as long as there is college credit!
12. Where do we go from here? Twilight Camp 2010? Other Enrichment camps Lightening Thief Blue Bloods Mother /Daughter Forks trip Campus Book Clubs Twilight Camp.com
13. A Twilight Bibliography Acocella, Joan. “In the Blood: Why do Vampires still thrill?” The New Yorker, March 16, 2009. Crusie, Jennifer. Flirting with Pride & Prejudice: Fresh Perspectives on the Original Chick-Lit Masterpiece (Smart Pop series). Texas: Benbella Books, 2005. Dargis, Manohla. “The Love that Dare Not Bare Its Fangs.” New York Times, Nov. 21 2008. Flanagan, Caitlin. “What Girls Want.” The Atlantic, Dec. 2008. Hopkins, Ellen. New Dawn: Your Favorite Authors on Stephenie Meyer's Twilight Saga: Completely Unauthorized (Smart Pop). Texas: Benbella Books, 2009. Real, Elizabeth Knox. "StephenieMeyer.com | The Official Website of Stephenie Meyer." StephenieMeyer.com | The Official Website of Stephenie Meyer. 2 Oct. 2009 <http://stepheniemeyer.com>.
14. Thanks! Cynthia Dudenhoffer cmdudenh@centralmethodist.edu 660-248-6292 Find me on Facebook : Librarian.cyn Twitter & Slideshare: librarian_cyn
