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Academic Year 2004/2005

The Environmental Imagination: Green Writing and Ecocriticism
ENGL 112 SP

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 "green writers" from Henry David Thoreau to Linda Hogan, 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

Texts may include:
Dillard, PILGRIM AT TINKER CREEK
Hogan, SOLAR STORMS
Faulkner, GO DOWN, MOSES
Abbey, DESERT SOLITAIRE
Carson, SILENT SPRING

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Frequent informal writing and two or three mid-length papers and a take-home final will be assigned.

COURSE FORMAT: Discussion

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

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

Prerequisites: NONE Links to Web Resources For This Course.

Last Updated on MAR-21-2005

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