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Shipwrecks, storms at sea, creatures from the deep, and voyages that test human limits in often wild seas--such are the tales that mariners or sailors have told of for centuries. Whether it's Homer's ODYSSEY or Sebastian Junger's THE PERFECT STORM, literature is replete with sea tales and stories written in a variety of genres, including nonfiction prose, fiction, and poetry. Our goal in this class will be to explore a variety of these sea stories, using possible texts such as Alfred Lansing's ENDURANCE, Edgar Allan Poe's THE TALE OF ARTHUR GORDON PYM OF NANTUCKET, as well as short fiction by E.M. Forster, Stephen Crane, and Ernest Hemingway. The writing load for this course is a minimum of 15 pages of formal revised writing. Prerequisite: ENGL 121.
Students will read and write about literary texts critically and closely. The course emphasizes recursive reading and writing processes that encourage students to discover, explain, question and clarify ideas. To this end, students will study a variety of genres as well as terms and concepts helpful to close analysis of those genres. They will practice various forms of writing for specific audiences and purposes. Students will reflect on and develop critical awareness of their own strengths and weaknesses as readers and writers. The writing load for this course is a minimum of 12 pages of formal revised writing.
Students will read and write about literary texts critically and closely. The course emphasizes recursive reading and writing processes that encourage students to discover, explain, question and clarify ideas. To this end, students will study a variety of genres as well as terms and concepts helpful to close analysis of those genres. They will practice various forms of writing for specific audiences and purposes. Students will reflect on and develop critical awareness of their own strengths and weaknesses as readers and writers. The writing load for this course is a minimum of 12 pages of formal revised writing.
