English 160: Writing Travel
Professor: Jennifer Hayward (she/her/hers)
Classroom: Morgan 116
Class Hours: 11:00 – 11:50 am
Office: Kauke 217
Office Hours: M/W 1 pm – 2 pm or by appointment via Bookings
UNIT 1:
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Week |
Topic |
Day |
Readings due |
Assignments |
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1 |
Travel Writing: Genre and Form |
M |
Martin Luther King, Jr Teach-In |
Writing Exercise 1: Attend at least one Justice Dialogue and write up your experience on our course blog |
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W |
Introduction to the course: where are you going, where have you been? |
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F |
James Friel, “Reading as a Writer” from Writer’s Workbook (13-18) Chilson & Mulcahy, Writing Abroad (hereafter WA), Introduction (1-9) |
Writing: complete your choice of Friel’s four exercises in your writing journal (~1 page) Information sheets (in class) |
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2 |
Why Travel? |
M |
Kári Gíslason, “Travel Writing” |
Writing Exercise 2 (on blog) |
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W |
Paul Theroux, Five Travel Epiphanies |
Reading quiz (in class) |
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F |
WA Chapter 1: Getting Ready (14-33) |
Writing exercises (in class) |
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3 |
Travel and place |
M |
Andrés Neuman, How to Travel without Seeing Chs. 1-2 (Welcome Aboard, The Airport) |
Writing Exercise 3 (on blog) |
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W |
Adam Hochschild, “Travel Writing: Inner and Outer Journeys,” from Telling True Stories WA Chapter 6: Writing About Place (109-127) |
Reading quiz Writing exercises (in class) |
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F |
Unit 1 rest day |
UNIT 2:
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Week |
Topic |
Day |
Readings due |
Assignment |
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4 |
Travel and identity |
M |
Lecture: Travel theory and the Imperial gaze Binyavanga Wainaina, “How to Write about Africa” Mary Kingsley, from Travels in West Africa |
Writing Exercise 4 (on blog) |
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W |
Kira Salak, “Mungo Made Me Do It” |
Reading quiz (in class) |
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F |
Farai Chideya, “Traveling While Black”, WA Chapter 2: Discovering New Cultures (34-50) |
Writing exercises (in class) |
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5 |
The contact zone |
M |
Mary Louise Pratt, “The Contact Zone,” from Imperial Eyes James Clifford, from Traveling Cultures |
Writing Exercise 5 (on blog) |
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W |
Teju Cole, from Blind Spot Dave Eggers, “The Man at the River” Paul Theroux, “Trespass” |
Reading quiz (in class) |
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F |
WA Chapter 3: Encountering Another Language in Your Own Voice (51-69) |
Writing exercises (in class) |
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6 |
A single story? |
M |
Albino Ochero-Okello, “Arrival” (Granta) Bill Bryson, from Notes on a Small Island |
Writing Exercise 6 (on blog) |
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W |
Jamaica Kincaid, “On Seeing England for the First Time” Chimamanda Adichie, “A Single Story” |
Reading quiz (in class) Magazine Skills Survey |
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F |
Unit 2 rest day |
UNIT 3:
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Week |
Topic |
Day |
Readings Due |
Assignment |
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7 |
Writing Self and Other |
M |
Andrés Neuman, HTTWS (Buenos Aires, Santiago, La Paz) |
Writing Exercise 7 (on blog) |
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W |
Andrés Neuman, HTTWS (Lima, Mexico City, Miami) |
Reading quiz (in class) |
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F |
Andrés Neuman, HTTWS (San Juan, San José, Goodbye) |
Writing exercises (in class) |
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8 |
Writing Humor |
M |
Jamaica Kincaid, from A Small Place |
Writing Exercise 8 (on blog) |
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W |
Humor: Andrew Cushing, “Scott’s Expensive Flights,” McSweeney’s “Woman’s Solo Hiking Trip Shockingly Doesn’t Have to Do with Inner Journey or Anything,” The Onion |
Reading quiz (in class) Magazine Planning Survey (to be posted to Moodle) |
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F |
WA Chapter 9: Revising your Writing and your Life (171- 187) Magazine planning |
Writing exercises (in class) Magazine teams meet |
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9 |
Writing in the Digital Age |
M |
Brandon Stanton, Humans of New York Dena Levitz, “What photojournalists can learn about storytelling from these ‘Humans of New York’ spinoffs” Writing workshop: Writing for Digital Audiences |
Travel Essay brainstorming (in journal) Reading quiz (in class |
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W |
Unit 3 rest day |
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F |
WA Chapter 4: Documentary Forms & Methods (70-89) Magazine production begins in earnest! Digital workshop: Working with images |
Peer review groups established |
UNIT4:
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Week |
Topic |
Day |
Readings Due |
Assignment |
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10 |
Editing: first steps |
M |
Workshops as needed for editing and production skills Final Essays: peer review |
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W |
Final Essays: peer review |
Editing skills quiz 1 |
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F |
Final Essays: editing Digital workshop: Working with WordPress |
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11 |
Publicity |
M |
Final Essays: peer review |
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W |
Final Essays: peer review |
Editing skills quiz 2 |
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F |
Final Essays: editing Digital workshop: Social media |
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12 |
Production |
M |
Editing, layout, and production as determined by Editors in Chief |
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W |
College rest day 2/ Unit 4 rest day |
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F |
Editing, layout, and production as determined by Editors in Chief |
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13 |
Production |
M |
Editing, layout, and production as determined by Editors in Chief |
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W |
Final copyediting of all content Study session for final exam |
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F |
Independent Study Symposium |
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14 |
Celebration and final presentation |
M |
Celebration and presentations |
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W |
Celebration and presentations |
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F |
Final examination (in class) |
Final examination |