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Academic Year 2001/2002

The Environmental Imagination: Green Writing and Ecocriticism
ENGL 112 FA

This course will study the relations between literature, literary criticism, and cultural criticism on the one hand and the natural environment on the other. Drawing on the works of nature writers (many of whom now prefer to be called "green writers") from Thoreau to Terry Tempest Williams, and on contemporary commentary on these writers and on the environmental movement in general, we will discuss such topics as the ideology of wilderness, pollution and politics, landscape and environment, and nature in the marketplace.

MAJOR READINGS

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the Registrar's Office.

COURSE FORMAT: Discussion

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD    Credit: 1    Gen Ed Area Dept: HA ENGL    Grading Mode: Graded   

Prerequisites: NONE

SECTION 01

Instructor(s): Stowe,William W.   

Instructor's Course Page

Times: ...W.F. 11:00AM-12:20PM;     Location: DAC300

Reserved Seats:    (Total Limit: 22)

SR. major:    Jr. major:

SR. non-major: X   Jr. non-major: X   SO: X   FR: 22

Special Attributes:

Curricular Renewal:    Ethical Reasoning, Writing

FYI:    First Year Initiative:Seminar

Last Updated on MAR-19-2002

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