HONS 3301-H06 The Literature of Travel and Adventure

HONS 3301-H06      The Literature of Travel and Adventure        
 (CRN# 36952)           Prof. K. Caswell          TR 9:30-10:50 AM

SEMINAR

Albert Camus wrote in his Notebooks that “what gives value to travel is fear.” Apsley Cherry-Garrard asserts that travel is the physical expression of an intellectual passion. And Paul Theroux affirms that “travel is glamorous only in retrospect.” People travel for different reasons, and so it follows that there are different kinds of travelers. We’ll investigate distinctions between travel and tourism, pilgrimage and quest. And of note, we’ll study the path of the hero—a psychological and spiritual journey toward self-mastery. We’ll study travel through a handful of great travelers (who are also great travel writers), and through film. Students are expected to engage in dynamic, heart-felt discussion, and write illuminating, well-developed travel essays. This class is reading and writing intensive.  THIS COURSE FULFILLS 3 HOURS OF THE CORE CURRICULUM HUMANITIES AND 3 HOURS OF THE HONORS SEMINAR REQUIREMENT.