| Writer,
Work, and Place. (*=handout) |
Week |
 |
The Continent:
greetings and logistics; theories of literature about place.
Gary Snyder, "The Place, The Region, The Commons"*; John Haines, "The
Writer as Alaskan: Beginnings and Reflections"*
Barry Lopez, The Rediscovery of North America |
1
jan 10 - 14 |
 |
Mountains and
Motion in the Wild: nature as myth; place as imagination.
Henry David Thoreau, "Walking."* John Muir, Mountains of California, selections. |
2
17 - 21 |
 |
Home and the
Midwest: ecology, ethics, cycles and cultures, the urge for staying. Scott Russell
Sanders, Staying Put |
3
24 - 28 |
 |
Great Plains of
Wyoming; regionalism; vernacular landscape; newcomers. Gretel Ehrlich, The Solace
of Open Spaces |
4
31 - feb 4 |
 |
Desert Southwest:
environmental politics: the biocentric epiphany. Edward Abbey, Desert Solitaire |
5
7 - 11 |
|
Western Lakes and
Lairs: family and fauna; art and grace; sense of place and past.
Terry Tempest Williams. Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place. |
6
14 - 18 |
|
Rivers and
Appalachia: water and memory; regional stories and artifacts of place. Richard
Hague, Milltown Natural |
7
21 - 25 |
|
Paper workshsops |
8
28 - Mar 3 |
|
SPRING BREAK |
4 -
12 |
|
North Atlantic
Coast: land meets the largest wilderness. Henry Beston, The Outermost House
|
9
13 - 17 |
 |
Southeastern
Coastal Plains: poetry from junk; family and place. Janisse Ray, Ecology of a
Cracker Childhood |
10
20 - 24 |
 |
The City and the
Remote Setting: city and country; narrative uses of place and space. Charles
Siebert, Wickerby: An Urban Pastoral |
11
27 - 31 |
 |
Virtual Places:
TV, internet, nowhere. Bill McKibben, The Age of Missing Information
No class Friday, 4/7 |
12
apr 3 - 10 |
|
4/10: Presenters of McKibben; evaluations No
class April 12 and 14: Work on Drafts |
13
10 - 14 |
|
Return to Milltown
Natural. Presenters on MN, 4/19 Topic
due 4/17. Rough draft due 4/19. Begin paper workshops 4/21 |
14
17 - 21 |
|
Workshops cont'd, closing remarks.
Meet in regular classroom on 4/28. Hand in final reflection essay at/by the exam. |
15
24 - 28 |
