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Academic Year 2005/2006

The Environmental Imagination: Green Writing and Ecocriticism
ENGL 112 FA

The new discipline of ecocriticism affirms the inescapable thereness of the natural world while exploring the way we use our imaginations to understand it. We begin this course by applying ecocritical insights to paintings and we end by examining ¿environmental¿ websites. In between we read poets, nature writers, scientists, novelists, and activists, seeking to understand the natural world as an inspiration and a responsibility and to balance the demands of activism with the joys of aesthetic appreciation. Attention will be paid to critical writing, and there¿s a chance for some creative writing as well.

MAJOR READINGS

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

COURSE FORMAT: Seminar

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

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

Prerequisites: NONE

SECTION 01

Instructor(s): Stowe,William W.   

Times: ..T.R.. 09:00AM-10:20AM;     Location: DWNY100;

Reserved Seats:    (Total Limit: 19)

SR. major: X   Jr. major: X

SR. non-major: X   Jr. non-major: X   SO: X   FR: 19

Special Attributes:

Curricular Renewal:    Ethical Reasoning, Writing

FYI:    FYI Seminar

Last Updated on MAR-30-2006

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