EN2058 Special Topics: New England Writers

This course examines the regional voices of rural New England writers as portrayed in short stories and poems written from the late 19th century to today. Authors whose works we will read include Howard Frank Mosher, Robert Frost, Donald Hall, Mary Oliver, Wallace Stegner, Sarah Orne Jewett, Galway Kinnell, Baron Wormser, Joseph Bruchac, Annie Proulx, David Budbill, Dorothy Canfield Fisher, and Jane Kenyon. Class discussions will explore such themes as: neighborliness, deep devotion to place, the harsh realities of agrarian life, the secrets, eccentricities, tragedies, and joys common to rural communities, etc. We will visit some of the places we’ll read about, and will participate in at least two off-campus field trips involving cold weather activities! Credits: 3

Prereq: EN1021 Lecture Min Credits: 3.00 And FY1011 Lecture Min Credits: 3.00 Or FY1001 Lecture Min Credits: 3.00 Or FY1101 Lecture Min Credits: 2.00