Studies in Literature and the Environment

1 Unit · Graduate

Although content varies depending on the course topic, all versions of this course examine the ways in which language, literature, and aesthetic production shape ideas about nature, varying widely across historical and cross-cultural contexts. Potential subjects of study include the literature of climate crisis, environmental racism and justice, human and nonhuman relations, catastrophe studies, ecopoetics, and the energy humanities. Recommended for students with prior coursework in English, Environmental Policy and Culture, or related disciplines. ENGLISH 384-0 taught with ENVR_POL 394-0 . May be repeated for credit with different topic.