CRWR0389A-S17
The Contemplative Essay
The Contemplative Essay
In this course we will write personal narratives and essays based on our own life experience, using the standard workshop format and a one-hour required weekly lab in Basic Mindfulness, a form of Burmese Vipassana meditation. Essays will emphasize fact, as well as insight into work, life, and writing. Readings will illustrate previous writers’ contemplative experiences, as well as matters of craft, including works by Michel de Montaigne, Rainer Maria Rilke, William James, TS Eliot, Eihei Dogen, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Rebecca Solnit, David Abram, Annie Dillard, and Gary Snyder. (ENAM 0170 or approval required) 3 hrs. lect./1 hr. lab.
In this course we will write personal narratives and essays based on our own life experience, using the standard workshop format and a one-hour required weekly lab in Basic Mindfulness, a form of Burmese Vipassana meditation. Essays will emphasize fact, as well as insight into work, life, and writing. Readings will illustrate previous writers’ contemplative experiences, as well as matters of craft, including works by Michel de Montaigne, Rainer Maria Rilke, William James, TS Eliot, Eihei Dogen, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Rebecca Solnit, David Abram, Annie Dillard, and Gary Snyder. (ENAM 0170 or approval required) 3 hrs. lect./1 hr. lab.
- Term:
- Spring 2017
- Location:
- Axinn Center 103(AXN 103)
- Schedule:
- 8:00am-8:50am on Wednesday at AXN 103 (Feb 13, 2017 to May 15, 2017)
1:30pm-2:45pm on Tuesday, Thursday at AXT 204 (Feb 13, 2017 to May 15, 2017) - Type:
- Lecture
- Instructors:
- Christopher Shaw
- Subject:
- Creative Writing
- Department:
- English & American Literatures
- Division:
- Literature
- Requirements Fulfilled:
- LIT PHL
- Levels:
- Undergraduate
- Availability:
- View availability, prerequisites, and other requirements.
- Course Reference Number (CRN):
- 21890
- Subject Code:
- CRWR
- Course Number:
- 0389
- Section Identifier:
- A