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Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)
CRN: 42704
Lecture
St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 414
Old Core Requirements Met:
UG Core Literature/Writing
Other Requirements Met:
Writing Intensive
We can learn much about ourselves by going out into the wilderness, wherever these “wild” spaces may be found. Pushing into what’s new and moving beyond what’s comfortable can reveal a clearer sense of who we are and what we value. This course explores the relationships formed when individuals step in to unfamiliar places and examines what can be discovered when humans experience various “wilderness” experiences. The literature and film of our course--possibly including Chimamanda Ngosi Adichie's AMERICANAH, J.M Coetzee's FOE, Louise Erdrich's LA ROSE, Cheryl Strayed's WILD, Ernest Hemingway's IN OUR TIME, and Steven Spielberg's RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK--focuses on the idea of internal exploration and discovery gained through challenging experiences, and it considers the influence of so-called “wild” places on individual growth and community action. The writing load for this course is a minimum of 15 formal revised pages. This course satisfies the Writing Across the Curriculum Writing Intensive requirement.
4 Credits