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ENGL 2250: Understanding Literature: Travel Lit
Spring 2014M C Morgan
R 4:00 - 6:40
Required Texts
- The Best American Travel Writing 2012. Jason Wilson and William T. Vollmann, editors. Mariner Books, 2012. Print or Kindle, about $12 - 15.
- The New Granta Book of Travel. Liz Jobey, editor. London: Granta Books, 2013. Print or Kindle, about $12 - 15.
- Hello World: Travels In Virtuality. Sue Thomas. York, UK: Raw Nerve Books, 2004. Available as CC NC-SA (free) PDF download of 5 files from http://www.rawnervebooks.co.uk/helloworlddownload.html. You can read the files on your device, print them yourself (272 pages), or buy a printed version from the BSU Bookstore.
EN2250UnderstandingLitTravelStatement | EN2250UnderstandingLitTravelSyllabus
Announcements
Thu 16 Jan
- intros
- statement
- texts
- Notes on travel writing
- How to read travel writing, e.g. Google it.
Thu 23 Jan
- Class will not meet. Prof Morgan will be at a conference.
Thu Jan 30
Reading
From Best American TravelYour notes should address all three narratives.
- Introduction
- Monte Reel "How to Explore Like a Real Victorian Adventurer"
- Peter Gwin. "The Telltale Scribes of Timbuktu"
- Henry Shukman. "Chernobyl, My Primeval, Teeming, Irradiated Eden"
Supplemental
- https://archive.org/details/howtoobservemor02martgoog How to Observe, pp 1 - 66
- https://archive.org/details/whattoobserveor04jackgoog, TOC, and pp 1 - 23 or so
- https://archive.org/details/hintstotravelle01reevgoog Hints to Travelers
- http://books.google.com/books/about/Hints_to_Travellers.html?id=lv4RAAAAYAAJ
- http://books.google.com/books?id=jn8BAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false
