LITERATURE OF THE ENVIRONMENT: SPEAKING FOR NATURE

ENGL/ENVIRST 153

An introduction to literature in English about the natural world and humankind's relationship with it; specific topics will vary.

ENVIRST 113

What do we really mean when we use the word, environment, in interdisciplinary Environmental Studies, and how important is it to have our environment be meaningful? Considers five popular understandings, while also offering a global perspective on environmental humanities. Introduction to key American texts (Carson, Kimmerer, Leopold, etc.) and key concepts (like sustainability and the Anthropocene), along with core skills from fields like philosophy, ethics, literature, fine arts, history, politics and anthropology. Cases in environmental experience and expression range from Wisconsin to Asia, and across biotic and abiotic environments. Through discussions and assignments, answer fundamental questions about science, nature, environmental problems and crisis, and how to relate to others in our world as human beings.

ENGL 825

Study of a topic in literature and the environment.

ENGL 168

A thematic introduction to literary works in a variety of genres written in English from the turn of the twentieth century to the present day. Emphasis may vary between writers from the U.S., Britain, Ireland, and other Anglophone nations.

ENGL/ENVIRST 533

Explores the ways that literary texts represent, imagine, and re-imagine the environment.