Course calendar
(Tentative
course schedule for the semester—all dates subject to change).
The following is a list of our readings. All essays and poems are in the form of
handouts. The reading must be completed by the date listed.
M 9/10—Introduction to the course. “Travel,” Rockwell Gray (handout)
TH 9/13—The Solace of Open Spaces, Gretel
Ehrlich, pgs. 1-61
M 9/17— Draft of
essay #1 due. Please bring three
copies to class.
TH 9/20— The Solace of Open Spaces, pgs.
62-131
M 9/24—Stranger in the Forest, Eric
Hansen, pgs. 11-119. ESSAY #1 DUE with drafts, peer response
sheets, and my comments. Please bring
two copies of completed essay to class.
TH 9/27— Stranger
in the Forest, pgs. 121-177
M 10/1—
Stranger in the Forest, pgs. 179-280
TH 10/4— Draft of essay #2
due. Please bring three copies to
class.
M 10/8—
CONFERENCES—No class
TH 10/11—Bones of the Master, George Crane,
pgs. 3-77. ESSAY #2 DUE with
drafts, peer response sheets, and my comments. Please bring two copies of
completed essay to class.
M 10/15—Bones of the Master,
pgs. 79-203
TH 10/18—Bones of the Master, pgs. 204-293
M 10/22—Walter Hendricks Day—No class
TH 10/25—Draft of essay #3 due. Please bring three copies to class.
M 10/29— CONFERENCES—No class
TH 11/1—Blue Highways, William
Least Heat-Moon, pgs. 3-168. ESSAY #3
DUE with the usual.
M 11/5—Blue Highways, pgs. 171-340.
TH 11/8—Blue Highways, pgs.343-421. Go over
research prospectus. Begin researching
your final essay.
M 11/12—Tracks, Robyn Davidson, pgs. 19-133
TH 11/15—Tracks, pgs. 134-254. Research prospectus due.
M 11/19—Finish up discussion of Tracks. Short conferences to be
scheduled.
M 11/26—Draft of essay #4
(research paper) due. Workshop on integrating sources and documentation
TH
11/29—CONFERENCES—No class
M 12/3—Research workshop/Conferences
TH 12/6—ESSAY
#4 DUE. Class wrap-up
M 12/10—Final portfolio review
TH 12/13—Portfolios due to the English Committee at 8:30
a.m., DAL 38.