Open seats in CMLT C200 counting for INTENSIVE WRITING
Department of Comparative Literature Fall 2009
CMLT-C 200 (27528) Honors Seminar
Book Bites: Food Literature
Dr. Vivian Halloran
TR 9:30-10:45
*carries A&H and IW credit*
In this course, we will read examples of influential food writing from the nineteenth century until today to learn more about how people use food to express their needs, desires and particular predilections. By juxtaposing texts from multiple genres—philosophy, memoir, novel, food reviews, and journalistic exposé—and from various countries, this course asks you to appreciate the wide impact that food has on how people see themselves, their relationship to each other and to their environment. You will learn how to critique writing about food, whether in fiction or literary nonfiction, as well as to write analytically about food yourself. This class carries A&H and Intensive Writing credit. Assignments will include four short, formal essays and a revision. Also, you will be required to eat out at least once and formally review your meal.
