Below are links to midterm essay exams completed for this course. These midterms appear as submitted. In some cases, transmissions between incompatible softwares stripped out paragraphing, underlines, italics, etc. Therefore these submissions may contain errors in editing and format in addition to those attributable to human error. The copies are provided, however, so that students in this course may share their work with each other and students in future courses may see a possible range of topics for a course of this nature.

• John Eberhart, "Genre, Period, and Pym"
• Jane Ftacnik, "Shrimp, Ice, and Tents: The Genre of Exploration"
• John Granahan, "Why the Antarctic Has Given Rise to So Much Compelling Literature"
• Tara Gray, "Amundsen to Armstrong, Sailing Ships to Space Ships: The Literature of Exploration and the Lack Thereof"
• Sonia Hernandez, "Narrowing Parameters"
• James Johnson, "Amundsen vs. Scott: Why is Scott Considered a Hero?
• Joanna Opaskar, "Exploration Literature: From Pure Science to Pure Fiction"
• Barbara Sharp, "Relating Crisis and Tragedy in Exploration: When's It Appealing?"
• [Anonymous], "The Sublime in Exploration Literature"
• Craig Sprowl, "How Poe Captures the Psychological Essence of exploration in Pym
• Kelly Tumy, "Characters of Exploration Literature: Products of the Environment, Engulfed in the Genre"