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Going Places
What makes us pack our bags and head out? What do we hope and expect to find, and what do we learn from new experiences and foreign cultures?
The texts in this course take us on journeys around the world from the shores of Florida to the streets of Marrakesh. They shed light on different cultures, their similarities and differences and the way these cultures see each other. When learning about others, we also learn about ourselves. When going to places far away, we learn about home, too.
Learning goals: various aspects of travelling
clashes of cultures and identity
fictional stories: narrative techniques, literary devices
English as a lingua franca
poetry analysis
non-fiction analysis
film analysis
Texts:
Looking for the Gulf Motel, Richard Blanco, 2012 (poem) in Compass, Grundbog til 1. og 2. g, Dorthe Hjort Jensen, Nanna Flindt Kreiner, jesper Kaalund & Bo Høpfner Clausen, Systime, 2022, pp 84-93
You Shall Know Our Velocity!, Dave Eggers (novel - excerpt), 2002 in Compass, Jensen & al., Systime, 2022, pp 98-109
The Tourist, James Georgalakis, 2016
It Ain’t What You Do, It’s What It Does to You, Simon Armitage (poem)
If Seeing the World Helps Ruin It, Should We Stay Home?, Andy Newman (article), 3 June 2019
The Beach, Danny Boyle (film), 2000
Written assignment: 4 paragraphs on the speaker from the poem Looking for the Gulf Motel by Richard Blanco, his brother, father and mother respectively
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