ENGL 381E - High-Altitude Writing (Extended Study)

A 3-week extended study from Kathmandu, Nepal, to Mt. Everest base camp. Students study the art and craft of writing about far-flung places, as well as recent news stories about Mt. Everest. Texts also include such classics as The Snow Leopard by Peter Matthiessen and Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer. In conversation with the professor, each student composes a work of creative nonfiction that might consider, among other possibilities, what constitutes the 21st century sublime: What, if anything, does it mean to stand near the top of the Earth?

Credits: 0.5
Prerequisites: ENGL 374 or ENGL 379
Major/Minor Restrictions: None
Class Restriction: None
Area of Inquiry: Human Thought and Expression
Liberal Arts CORE: None

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