LIT-260 Human Identity and the Natural World
In the age of climate change and industrialization, our relationship to landscape has often been characterized as contentious and destructive. But how has human language, perception, and identity been shaped – and how is it still being shaped – by the natural world? This course will examine the ways in which human beings still very much originate from their surrounding environments, from deserts and streams to the plants and animals of particular terrains. Readings will include works by Gloria Anzaldua, Terry Tempest Williams, Robin Wall Kimmerer, J. Drew Lanham and David Abram.
Standard Course (40)
Credits
1
Prerequisite
A course in literature.
Notes
Genre or SSIH