Travel Writing

Catalog description

Travel is typically identified as physical movement to unfamiliar places, but can we travel in imagination instead? Or can we travel to routinized, mundane destinations, such as grocery stores, gas stations, or our bedroom? These questions indicate that what shapes our travel experience is not where we travel but how we interpret that travel experience. Shifting focus from travel destinations to the travel mindset, this course asks students to produce their own travelogue and situate it within the conventions of the travel writing genre. Major writing assignments include a restaurant review, a nature review, and a cultural event review. Offered regularly.