Course details

Name: ENGL - 282

Title: LITERATURE AND ENVIRONMENT

Section: 01

Semester: Spring - 2021

Credits: 3

Description:
Our course will examine how literature represents the human relationship with the “more-than-human” natural environment. We will use an environmental lens to analyze literature from the U.S. and a range of global sites. Many of our narratives will deal with contemporary environmental issues, such as global warming, mass extinction, environmental justice, trees and deforestation, multi-species relationships, and capitalism and environment. The intersections of race, gender, sexuality, class, and nation will inform our approach.

The course is scheduled to be synchronous online Tues 2:30-5:00. Our typical weekly schedule is that we will meet on Zoom starting at 2:30 but will not use the whole class time every week. Online, asynchronous Canvas assignments will supplement the Tues course meeting. You can expect to have discussion deadlines on two other days of the week. Tech requirements: a computer and webcam for the Zoom session.

Schedule: Tuesday From 2:30 am To 5:00 pm

Graduation requirements:

• Any Literature (1e)
• Genre Study (Fiction)
• Other American (TE 1d)
• Post-1900 (1d)
• Ethnic Studies (3b)
• Class Issues (3d)

Teaching Faculty: Cheng Emily (chenge)

Is course canceled: No