TRAVEL NARRATIVES
TRAVEL NARRATIVES
K20.1124
Spring 2008
Steven Hutkins
Required Texts
1. Alain De Botton. The Art of Travel (Vintage)
2. Francis Steegmuller, ed. Flaubert in Egypt (Penguin)
3. Rosemary Mahoney. Down the Nile (Little, Brown)
4. George Orwell. Down and Out in Paris and London (Harvest)
5. Paul Theroux. The Old Patagonia Express (Mariner)
6. Bruce Chatwin. The Songlines (Penguin)
7. Caryl Phillips. The European Tribe (Vintage)
8. Jamaica Kincaid. A Small Place (Farrar, Straus)
9. Julio Cortazar. Autonauts of the Cosmoroute (Archipelago)
Tentative Schedule Of Readings
Tuesday
Assignment
Thursday
Assignment
1. Jan. 22
Introduction
Jan. 24
Art of Travel, chpt. 1
2. Jan.
29 Art of Travel, chpt. 2-4 Jan.
31 Flaubert, pp. 9-96
3. Feb.
5
Flaubert, pp. 97-227 Feb.
7
Art of Travel, chpt. 5-end
4. Feb.
12 Down the Nile, pp. 3-179 Feb.
14 Down the Nile, pp. 180-270
5. Feb.
19 Down & Out, chpt. 1-23 Feb.
21 Down & Out, chpt. 1-23
6. Feb.
26 Down & Out, chpt. 24-37 Feb.
28 Down & Out, chpt. 24-37
7. March
4 Old Patagonia, chpt. 1-14 March
6 Old Patagonia, chpt. 1-14
8. March
11 Old Patagonia, chpt. 15-22 March 13
First paper due
9. March 18 Spring break
March 20
Spring break
10. March
25 Songlines, pp. 1-162 March
27
Songlines, pp. 1-162
11. April
1
Songlines, pp. 163-294 April
3 Songlines, pp. 163-294
12. April
8
European Tribe April
11
European Tribe
13. April
15 A Small Place April
17
A Small Place
14. April
22 Autonauts
April 24
Autonauts
15. April 29
Final paper due
May 1
Conclusion
Requirements
1. Quizzes on the reading, participation, attendance, etc. (20% of grade)
2. Weekly blog assignments (20%)
3. Two projects (60% of grade)
[All late work due April 29. No Incompletes.]
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