Course Description
The exploration of a culture's conceptions of nature and the social implications through examination of texts of literature and other discourses. Course may focus on either Western or non-Western societies.
Athena Title
Ecocriticism
Equivalent Courses
Not open to students with credit in CMLT 3210E
Semester Course Offered
Offered every year.
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
To learn how texts from literature and other discourses disclose a culture's model for the relationship between humans and non-human nature and to see the social consequences of that model.
Topical Outline
Topics will vary depending on the instructor. Below is an example of topics to be covered in a given semester: Chain of Being Darwinian Evolution Ecosystem Model Cultural Holism Pastoral Wilderness Ecofeminism Literary texts selected according to appropriateness; a typical reading list may include: Ecocriticism Reader Walden Black Spring The Mosquito Coast A Friend of the Earth The Old Man Who Read Love Stories Desert Solitaire
Syllabus