Welcome to ENG-332! In this course, we will examine a range of 18th-century texts that use travel as a plot-triggering device. We will begin the course with a reflection on what travel is, what forms it takes, and why we do it. We will also discuss the neuroscience of travel—that is, what is happening to our brains when we travel. We will then consider why travel is such a pervasive narrative form in the eighteenth century. Among issues to be considered are contemporary debates on human nature and civilization as well as relationships between scientific, historical, commercial, and colonial discourses in an age of vigorous exploration.
- Teacher: Sarah Boudreau
- Teacher: Shoshannah Jones Square
- Teacher: Samantha Kipp