WR 354 - Nature Writing

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Loyola University Maryland

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Description:

Prerequisite: WR200 or WR201. To write about nature is to discover more about the nature of writing as a medium for relaying fact and event, close observation, artistic expression, and the exploration of belief. Readings by American writers ranging from Audubon and Emerson to John McPhee and Wendell Berry are supplemented with sessions with local naturalists and trips to Bare Hills, Cylburn Arboretum, and Loyola's Woodberry prop- erty. Writing includes journals, articles, short nonfic- tion pieces, and essays-genres that allow students to enter an impassioned but civil conversation about our land. Counts toward American Studies minor.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.loyola.edu

Phone Number:

(410) 617-2000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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