“Travel Writing” is a creative essay-writing course, an introduction to both the theory and practice of travel writing. We will read both contemporary and classics of travel writing that use poetry, historical analysis, narrative and description to engage readers in the experience of the journey. Rather than following a lectured program around historic sites, students will engage in research and actively pursue a knowledge of art, history, and culture, with which to contextualize their own experience. Students will evaluate both the literary and ethical value of the texts they read. The class will serve as a creative writing workshop, and the student will finish the course with a polished, creative, and expressive essay in a popular and publishable genre. (This class is a study abroad course. The first part of the course takes place two days a week during the spring semester at FC; the second part takes place during late spring/summer for five weeks abroad.)
ENG 102 or concurrent enrollment