British Culture and Travel

Catalog description

An introduction to literatures of travel produced by various writers through time and across space, exploring ways in which travel, transport, and tourism influence politics, social thought, and artistic inspiration as reflected in literary works. Topics addressed may also include the construction of the other; modes of transportation; immigration and expatriation; narrative perspectives/constructions of location; the function of digression in narrative; etc. This course may combine the study of literary works with travel (for example, to London, during the spring break) and thus may require an extra fee.