English Studies (ENGL) - Reading Green

ENGL 3646  Reading Green

Prerequisites:

Six credits of 2000 level ENGL (excluding ENGL 2001, ENGL 2011) or any 45 credits completed (excluding ENGL 1551, ENGL 1552, ENGL 2001, ENGL 2011)

Hours:

Three hours per week

Credits:

3

Description:

Students encounter creative representations of climate change, environmental violence, and human/nonhuman relations and analyze material drawn from a diverse range of generic representations of nature, including the pastoral, the wild, and the (post)apocalyptic, in a variety of forms including narrative fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, and film. The interface between European and Indigenous ways of knowing receives particular attention. Students gain knowledge and skills through experiential learning, in the form of outdoor education activities.