aCademiC Catalog 2013-2014 - Lorenzo de Medici

FLORENCE
School of Arts & Sciences
their writing skills and their ability to write about personal
thoughts and experiences. In-class writing assignments and
group discussions will be used as a source of motivation and
encouragement. Readings by prominent writers will be used to
provide instructive models. Writing assignments will be given
weekly.
Travel Writing
WRI 290 F
Cr: 3; Contact hrs: 45
Throughout history, Italy has inspired writers and poets to wax
lyrical in ways that few other countries have done. Countless
English-language novels, stories and poems have woven a
bel paese of words around the Italian experience. This course
provides an opportunity for students to focus first-hand on
the art and craft of travel writing, with particular emphasis on
cities in Italy, but also with excursions into other worlds - real or
imaginary. Through reading, writing, and visits in and around
the city center, students will explore places of historic, artistic,
cultural and personal interest. They will learn “by example” from
a selection of great travel literature from the world in general,
and from Italy in particular. And they will learn “by doing”,
via a series of guided exercises and assignments that explore
the distinctive qualities of travel writing – its combination of
history, culture, information, rumination, musings and memory
– and the ways in which this particular art can lead to a deeper
understanding of their own experiences and cultural identity.
Prerequisites: WRI 150 Writing for College, or equivalent
Business Writing
WRI 294 F
Cr: 3; Contact hrs: 45
This course helps students to write and express themselves
effectively in a business environment through the study of
specific forms of correspondence, their purposes, and the
research and precision writing each requires. In addition, the
classroom experience lends itself naturally to the study of
collaborative writing, which is especially important for web
based communication and surveys, but also for reports, projects
and presentations. To these ends the course also covers basic
grammar and means of expressions in English.
Prerequisites: WRI 150 Writing for College, or equivalent
Florence and Tuscania Travel Writing and
Literature Workshop (Summer only)
WRI-LIT 304 F; Dual listed: LIT-WRI 304 F
Cr: 6; Contact hrs: 75
Throughout history, Italy has inspired writers to wax lyrical in
ways that few other countries have done. Countless Englishlanguage
novels, stories and poems have created a “bel paese”
of words around the Italian experience. This two-center,
combined Literature and Writing course allows students to
live in and write about the vibrant and cosmopolitan world
of Florence and to contrast their experiences there with
those of Tuscania, a hauntingly beautiful hill-top town poised
between Lake Bolsena and the Mediterranean, surrounded by
archeological sites that bear witness to Italy’s most ancient
civilizations.
This course provides an opportunity for students to focus
first-hand on the art and craft of travel writing, with particular
emphasis on Italy, but also with excursions into other worlds -
real or imaginary. Through reading, writing, and visits in and
around Florence and Tuscania, students will explore places of
historic, artistic, cultural and personal interest. They will learn
“by example” from a selection of great travel literature from the
world in general, and from Italy in particular. And they will learn
“by doing”, via a series of guided exercises and assignments
that explore the distinctive qualities of travel writing – its
combination of history, culture, information, rumination,
musings and memory – and the ways in which this particular art
can lead to a deeper understanding of their own experiences
and cultural identity.
Prerequisites: WRI 150 Writing for College, or equivalent
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LdM Academic Catalog 2013-2014