ENGL 388 - Environmental Literature

Credits: (3)
This course invites an examination of the ways literary texts from a variety of cultures capture how humans have understood and interacted with the natural world. The following topics may be explored under this course title:Endangered Species, Furry Friends, and Creature Features: Focus on living among our non-human companions.Finding Hope amid Climate Change: Explores through literary texts one of the greatest challenges of our time.Our (L) one Planet: Focuses on how our understanding of the natural world has evolved through the literary tradition.This course satisfies the American Literature requirement in the English major.