MAST 231(F,S) Literature of the Sea (Same as English 231T) (Offered only at Mystic Seaport.) (W)
A study of the ways in which the sea has often filled the literary imagination and found expression in narrative, poetry, drama, and myth. Special emphasis is given to such authors as Melville, London, Steinbeck, Proulx, and Hemingway, as well as Shakespeare, Coleridge, Conrad, and Douglass. Format: small group tutorials with occasional larger classes and lectures, including coastal and near-shore field trips, and 10 days offshore. Requirements: regular papers, class discussions, and a final exam.
Satisfies one semester of the Division I requirement.
Hour: TBA BERCAW EDWARDS