ENGLISH 227 - Reading and Writing about Place. Spring 2009

Institution:

Franklin and Marshall College

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Description:

The places where we live and visit shape our personal, cultural, and national identities. Effective writing about place enables us to see with new and deeper insights both ourselves and the places we inhabit. Readings include contemporary writings that use descriptions of place to express values including travel narrative, memoir, social and political commentary, nature writing, and journalistic reportage. Students will write both response papers and creative nonfiction essays about place. O'Hara

Credits:

3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

WWW.FANDM.EDU

Phone Number:

(717) 291-3911

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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