ENGL 1230
An introduction to the U.S. environmental imagination from Henry David Thoreau’s Walden (1854) through Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring (1962) up to Warner Brothers’ film Mad Max: Fury Road (2015). This course focuses on American representations of
Introduces students to the tradition of nature writing dating from Romanticism through realist and experimental contemporary literary texts. Students will study key terms and concepts related to the environment such as anthropocentrism,
Introduces students to the tradition of American environmental literature dating from Transcendentalism through realist and experimental contemporary literary texts. Students will study key terms and concepts related to the environment such as
This course introduces students to the tradition of American environmental literature dating from Transcendentalism through realist and experimental contemporary literary texts.