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ENGL112
The Environmental Imagination: Green Writing and Ecocriticism
ENGL112 SP
| Section | Class Size | *Available | Times | POI | Prereq |
|---|
| 1 | 20 | 0 | Times: M.W.... 1:10PM-2:30PM; | No | No |
*The number of spaces listed as available is based on class seats open for
the Blue Add phase of registration. Some seats may be taken in previous
phases while others may be held out for subsequent phases of registration.
(Last Updated on Tue Aug 10 05:00:21 EDT 1999
)
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 John Muir 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
Texts may include:
Cronon, UNCOMMON GROUND
Glotfelty and Fromm, THE ECOCRITICISM READER
Buell, THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMAGINATION
Muir, MY FIRST SUMMER IN THE SIERRAS
Austin, LAND OF LITTLE RAIN
Bass, IN THE YAAK
Williams, REFUGE
Carson, SILENT SPRING
Lopez, RIVER NOTES
Poems, stories, and essays by such writers as Leslie Marmon
Silko, Aldo Leopold, Edward Abbey, Gary Snyder, Simon Ortiz,
Pattiann Rogers, John McPhee.
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
Frequent informal writing and
three to four mid-length papers will be assigned.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS
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: Seminar
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level: UG Credit: 1.00
Gen Ed Area & Dept: HA ENGL
Prerequisites:
None
- Section 01
- Stowe, W
- Times: M.W.... 1:10PM- 2:30PM;
- Grading Mode: A/F
- Registration Preference (1 high to 6 low, 0=Excluded) Sr: 0, Jr: 0, So: 0, Fr: 1
- No Major Preference Given
Last Updated on MAR-22-1999
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