Literature and the Environment (O)

3 ch (3C) (W) · Undergraduate

Reading a diverse array of ecologically oriented poetry, fiction, non-fiction, and theory, students will examine how literary forms engage non-human life. Possible areas of focus include human-animal encounters, Indigenous ways of knowing, river literature, ocean literature, the energy humanities, posthumanism, race and environment, eco-poetics, eco-film, visual art, and activist literature. Students are invited to engage creatively with their literary and lived environments through written assignments, in-class discussion, and forays into the great wild world around us.