This unit explores the theme of the journey in writing from the distant past to the present. The journey comes in many written forms—quest, pilgrimage, exploration, emigration, wandering, travel and tourism. Journey texts capture the aspirations of the places and times in which they are written, but they also may reveal a society's challenges, fears and anxious confrontations with cultural difference. The unit introduces students to the reading of imaginative literature within particular historical contexts and is a good preparation for further study in both past and contemporary literatures. -- Course Website
Instructor: Professor Kieran Dolin
