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The Environmental Imagination: Green Writing and Ecocriticsm
ENGL112 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 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 natur e in the marketplace.

MAJOR READINGS

Texts may include:
Faulkner, "The Bear"
McPhee, THE CONTROL OF NATURE
Glotfelty and Fromm, THE ECOCRITICISM READER
Muir, MY FIRST SUMMER IN THE SIERRAS
Austin, LAND OF LITTLE RAIN
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, Pattiann Rogers, John McPhee.

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Frequent informal writing and three to four mid-length papers will be assigned.

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.   
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Times: ..T.T.. 10:00AM-11:20AM;     Location: FISK413
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:    Writing, Focused Inquiry Course
FYI:    First Year Initiative:Seminar

Last Updated on MAR-24-2000


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