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Academic Year 2005/2006

The Environmental Imagination: Green Writing and Ecocriticism
ENGL 112 SP

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

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: Seminar

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-30-2006

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