In this course, we'll be reading contemporary nature literature, focusing primarily on authors and
movements after Rachel Carson. We’ll relate that literature to current events, to history, to western culture,
to religion and politics, to pop culture, to the environmental movement, to media representations of
nature, to other texts, and to our own life experiences.
We will be especially looking at emerging voices – ecofeminists, native writers, science writers, animal rights activists, deep ecologists, and other perspectives that differ from the mainstream. We will be applying ecocriticism, a type of literary criticism that approaches literature from an ecological perspective.
Your assignments will be posted on this website every Thursday afternoon. You will have a reading assignment and short paper due each class so be sure to check here to see what is due.
We will be especially looking at emerging voices – ecofeminists, native writers, science writers, animal rights activists, deep ecologists, and other perspectives that differ from the mainstream. We will be applying ecocriticism, a type of literary criticism that approaches literature from an ecological perspective.
Your assignments will be posted on this website every Thursday afternoon. You will have a reading assignment and short paper due each class so be sure to check here to see what is due.
