Course Schedule and Catalog

Department: English

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Description: LITERATURE AND THE ENVIRONMENT ***** DISTRIBUTION COURSE GROUP 1 ***** How does literature express or shape environmental values? In this class we will read American fiction and nonfiction exploring the relationship between human and nonhuman nature. Texts include classics by Thoreau, Leopold, and Abbey as well as recent nature writing and contemporary novels. We will discuss literary ideas of nature and wilderness, ecological awareness, environmental activism, sense of place, and urban nature. Students from all disciplines are encouraged to bring issues from their own majors to our green readings. Successful completion of this course fulfills the Humanities requirement for environmental studies majors. *****