1) I will find, read, and document between 8 and 12 sources (books or scholarly articles) relating to the wilderness idea and wilderness tourism in the United States. I will compile these in an annotated bibliography and publish reviews on my DS site of at least 3 sources which demonstrate how each source helps define […]
A Reflection on Breadth
Entering the second semester of my third year at Lewis & Clark, suddenly the road ahead looks a lot shorter than the path behind. In just a year, I will be writing the second of two thesis projects of my senior year (if all goes according to plan). To avoid this daunting futurity, I instead […]
Developing My Area of Interest
In revisiting and revising my area of interest, I have struggled with the clarity of my questions, but I have also been influenced a great deal by Constructing the American Landscape, a history class I am currently taking. How do we ask questions that fall into the four categories – descriptive, explanatory, evaluative, and instrumental? […]
Too Many Questions, Never Enough Answers
Descriptive Questions: In the junction of English & Environmental Studies, situated in the literature of the American West, descriptive questions could simply ask what kinds of literature have been written about the West? What poems, what novels, what epics, what essays? Simply, what narratives capture the rivers of the West? What are the common themes, […]
Literature About Literature: Annotated Bibliography
The American West is both a geographical location and a state of mind. This might seem abstract and goofy, but its true that the American West has evolved through myth. I am intrigued by the historical context that has created the landscape of this region. It is this landscape of protected public land and wild […]