ENG-242 Environmental Writing

GER: NE (Humans and the Natural Environment) and TA (Critical, Analytical Interpretation of Texts)
Prerequisite: any first year writing seminar
Focus on works commonly considered major examples of environmental writing and an examination of the theoretical/critical considerations involved in reading these works. Writers to be discussed include James Fenimore Cooper, Henry David Thoreau, John Muir, Mary Austin, Aldo Leopold, Rachel Carson, and Barry Lopez. Theoretical problems such as the relation of writing to lived experience and the justice of emphasizing all life over human life will help focus discussions. 4 credits.