LIT-267 Literature and the Environment
Surveys the history of environmentalist thinking as it has been reflected in literary texts. Examines key ideas of environmentalism and questions of representation, literary value and political relevance. Authors include Thoreau, Faulkner, Abbey, Lopez and Jeffers, as well as a few non-American writers. Texts include memoirs, essays, novels and poems.
Standard Course (40)
Credits
1
Notes
(Genre). Open to sophomores, juniors and seniors, and to first-year students with 4 or 5 in AP English.