FYW-1290 Writing Nature & Reimagining the World

Engaging in a wide variety of writing exercises and projects, students analyze modern and contemporary definitions of nature and the environment. Studying nature writing, environmental thought, and romantic-era to post-romantic depictions of nature, students develop deeper understandings of the aesthetics and politics of “nature” and gain critical vocabularies necessary
for composing meaningful works of ecocriticism. 4 credits.