ENL-940 - Out of Eden Walk: In China with Poets
Course Description
Read and discuss National Geographic dispatches of Pulitzer-prize winning journalist Paul Salopek as he visits China on his storytelling odyssey, the Out of Eden Walk. Share kinship with poets of the 8th- and 9th-century T’ang dynasty, building a bridge across geography, culture and time. Note: Senior Cycle fee class. Students must be 55 years or older by start date in order to enroll in this class.
Learner Outcomes
Observe people and places through guided examination; discover unfamiliar people and places; examine stereotypes that hinder greater understanding of geographies, histories, and cultures different from our own; explore the language of a people through thoughtful translations from the richest period of Chinese poetry; and discover questioning strategies that identify key ideas.