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.
Thu 16 Jan
- intros
- EN2250UnderstandingLitTravelStatement
- 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 (refer to the statement t 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"
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