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ENGL112
American Places
ENGL112 SP
Crosslistings: WMST112
Next Offered in 9899 SP
How have writers helped create our understanding of various
regions and localities in the United States? How
important are local histories, cultures, and environments
in an increasingly mobile society? What are the connections
between regionalism and environmentalism? Between a sense of
place and a sense of self? How are nature, place, and
culture related? How can familiarity with different
localities contribute to a person's sense of his/her place
in the world? How can displacement affect that same sense?
To begin answering these questions, we will look at writing
about three American places--the desert Southwest, the
so-called "Deep South" and New England.
MAJOR READINGS
Will be drawn from such works as:
Mary Austin, LAND OF LITTLE RAIN
Leslie Marmon Silko, STORYTELLER
Willa Cather, DEATH COMES FOR THE ARCHBISHOP
Terry Tempest Williams, REFUGE
Edward Abbey, selections
Joseph Wood Krutch, selections
William Faulkner, GO DOWN, MOSES
Zora Neale Hurston, THEIR EYES WERE WATCHING GOD
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, CROSS CREEK
Marjory Stoneman Douglas, THE EVERGLADES: RIVER OF GRASS
William Cronon, CHANGES IN THE LAND
William Bradford, OF PLIMOUTH PLANTATION, selections
Mary Rowlandson, NARRATIVE OF CAPTIVITY
Nathaniel Hawthorne, selections
Edith Wharton, ETHAN FROME and SUMMER
Helen and Scott Nearing, LIVING THE GOOD LIFE
Noel Perrin, FIRST PERSON RURAL
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
Frequent informal writing and
three to four mid-length papers will be assigned.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS
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: Seminar
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level: UG Credit: 1.00
Gen Ed Area & Dept: HA ENGL
Prerequisites:
None
Last Updated on MAR-03-1998
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