ENGL131 - Writing About Places

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Academic Year 2002/2003

Writing About Places
ENGL 131 SP

This course will explore the long tradition of writing about travel and places and changing attitudes toward crossing cultural borders. Readings will focus largely on the writings of 20th-century travelers. Writing assignments will include critical and analytical essays and will encourage students to examine their own experiences with places and cultural encounters.

MAJOR READINGS

Columbus, JOURNALS
Calvino, INVISIBLE CITIES
Conrad, HEART OF DARKNESS
Achebe, THINGS FALL APART
Fussell, ABROAD: BRITISH LITERARY TRAVELING BETWEEN THE WARS
R. West, BLACK LAMB AND GREY FALCON
Chatwin, IN PATAGONIA
Kincaid, A SMALL PLACE
Short works, excerpts and essays including Marco Polo, Hemingway, Kaplan, Kapuscinski, Fenton, O'Hanlon, McPhee, Greene, Finnegan, Raban

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Writing assignments weekly.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

To apply for admission, complete the application available at 279 Court St., Room 102, or at Butterfield B310. Deadline to apply: Monday, Jan. 20. Preference to students whose primary fluency is in languages other than English or who are fluent in more than one language.

Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the Registrar's Office.

COURSE FORMAT: Discussion

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD Credit: 1 Gen Ed Area Dept: HA ENGL Grading Mode: Graded

Prerequisites: NONE

SECTION 01

Instructor(s): Hadler,Alice Berliner

Times: .M.W... 01:10PM-02:30PM; Location: CRT285

Reserved Seats: (Total Limit: 15)

SR. major: Jr. major:

SR. non-major: Jr. non-major: SO: FR:

Special Attributes:

Curricular Renewal: Speaking, Writing

Permission: Permission of Instructor Required

Links to Web Resources For This Course.

Last Updated on MAR-18-2003