LIT. 269 Literature and the Environment
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Literature (LIT.) Courses
- LIT. 101 Twentieth-Century Literature
- LIT. 105 The Bible as Literature
- LIT. 113 The Novel
- LIT. 115 The Short Poem in English: A Survey
- LIT. 150 Crime and Detective Fiction
- LIT. 151 Shakespeare
- LIT. 154 Queer and Trans Literature
- LIT. 155 Comics and the Graphic Novel
- LIT. 156 Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature
- LIT. 201 American Literature I
- LIT. 202 American Literature II
- LIT. 220 Introduction to World Literature I
- LIT. 221 Introduction to World Literature II
- LIT. 231 Survey of English Literature I
- LIT. 232 Survey of English Literature II
- LIT. 266 Black Literature
- LIT. 269 Literature and the Environment
- LIT. 277 Film and Literature
- LIT. 430 Greek Mythology and Classical Literature
- LIT. 804 Twentieth-Century Literature
- LIT. 809 The Bible as Literature
- LIT. 813 The Novel
- LIT. 820 Introduction to World Literature I
- LIT. 823 American Literature I
- LIT. 824 American Literature II
- LIT. 830 Greek Mythology and Classical Literature
- LIT. 835 Shakespeare
- LIT. 837 Survey of English Literature I
- LIT. 838 Survey of English Literature II
- LIT. 840 The Short Poem in English: A Survey
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Minimum Grade for Prerequisites
Unless otherwise indicated, a grade of C or higher is required for all prerequisite courses.
Course Description
Study of how nature and the environment are represented in primarily American literary and nonfiction works with an emphasis on ecocritical theory, the intersections of race and gender in environmental literature, Indigenous folktales, and nature writing. Course will also highlight how language and literature are used to both justify and critique the capitalist, neoliberal exploitation and destruction of the environment and how this exploitation is depicted in literature about the contemporaneous climate crisis.
- Lecture hours/semester: 48-54
- Homework hours/semester: 96-108
