NCE 323 - Travel Journals

4 Hour(s)
Writing and drawing both require refined observational skills. This course seeks to develop these skills in an interrelated, experiential workshop format, partially taught off campus. Using readings taken from the long tradition of Italian travel writing, the course will seek to uncover the way writers influence our perceptions of place and specifically of Italian culture. The travel to Italy provides an opportunity to practice observational and expressive skills, and an opportunity to develop a new way of being in the world. The process of keeping a travel journal as well as the final essay about this experience will reflect this new awareness of place and of self. Travel to Italy in May if there is enough interest, as additional section might go to Sicily over Spring Break.

In FA semesters, this course will focus on Argentina, with travel in January.