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Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)
CRN: 29166
Blended Online & In-Person | Lecture
St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 452
Online
Old Core Requirements Met:
UG Core Literature/Writing
2020 Core Requirements Met:
Integ/Humanities
Other Requirements Met:
FYE Changemaking
CommGood/Community-Engaged
Writing Intensive
This course explores food as a cultural metaphor and a way to connect, create, and sustain family and community. It is also a venue to examine history through a culinary lens. In this class we question our assumptions about how food is grown, raised and prepared. What is organic? What is “junk”? Gourmet? Who decides? Who has access to “good food” in our country and in the world? Where and what are “food deserts”? There is also a community component, involving field trips to local eateries, work with BrightSide, and a drive for local food shelves. Fiction for this course may include work by Chitra Divakaruni, Ruth Ozeki, Laura Esquivel, and Simon Wroe. The texts, along with the issues discussed in class, will range from the personal to the political—i.e. essays by Michael Pollan and Vandana Shiva, poetic odes from The Hungry Ear, and personal memoirs of professional chefs. The writing load for this course is a minimum of 15 pages of formal revised writing. This course satisfies a WAC Writing Intensive requirement and an Integration in the Humanities requirement. Please note that ENGL 203 is non-repeatable; students wishing to take a second 200-level Texts in Conversation course will need to register for ENGL 201, 202, or 204. Prerequisite: ENGL 121 or 190
4 Credits