Hello Dear 382 Lit&EnviroII students,
Cheers,
Wednesday, February 18, 2015
Why do we study Environmental literature?
Cheers,
Tuesday, February 17, 2015
382 Literature and Environment Syllabus
Ege University, Faculty of Letters
English Language and Literature Department
382 – LITERATURE AND ENVIRONMENT II
2014-2015 Fall Semester
Önder Çetin
Wednesday, 14:30-17:00 (D.1203)
Course Blog: http://literatureandenvironment.blogspot.com.tr
COURSE DESCRIPTION
This course introduces students to different
branches of ecological literary theories such as climate change fiction
(cli-fi), postcolonial ecocriticism, issues of local and global, and oceans and
whales.
AIMS AND OBJECTIVES OF THE COURSE
The aim and objective
of the course is to introduce students to a variety of ecologically conscious
literary works and to enable them to use their knowledge of literature and
environment acquired during the first semester. In the face of global
environmental crisis, ecology has become one of the most
controversial issues disputed throughout many branches of the academic world,
including literature.
ATTENDANCE INFORMATION &
POLICIES
It is a regulation of
Ege University that students should attend at least 70% of the classes each
semester. Students are expected to attend each class having read the assigned
texts and be prepared for class discussions.
Please keep
your cell phones turned off (no silent or buzzing mode!)
EXAM INFORMATION & POLICIES
Bibliography project
will constitute %20 of your mid-term grade.
Blog posts will constitute %10 of your mid-term grade.
Written exam will contribute %70 of your mid-term grade.
Final exam will be a written exam covering the literary works and
articles we discussed in the class.
What is Bibliography
project?
Students will pair up with one of their friends and they will search for
literary works around the world (novels, short stories, plays, essays etc.
produced in different countries) that are ecologically oriented and they will
return the results of this research in the format of a bibliography. They will
use MLA works cited page rules while gathering this information together.
What is a blog post?
The course blog will be a place for us to test out ideas, engage in
discussion with each other outside of class, and share ideas about the literary
works we read or texts not included on the course syllabus. Course blog site: http://literatureandenvironment.blogspot.com.tr
COURSE GRADING
Students’ overall grades will be evaluated as follows:
- Mid-term 40%
- Final 60%
(Class participation will be taken into
consideration while grading your exam papers)
REQUIRED TEXTS
Buell-Glossary-of-Selected-Terms (will be provided)
Lopez, Barry. “A Presentation of Whales.”
McKibben, Bill. “What the warming world needs now is art, sweet art.”
McKibben, Bill . “Four years after my pleading essay, climate art is
hot.”
Carson, Rachel. “A Fable for Tomorrow.” Silent Spring.
Ghosh, Amitav. The Hungry Tide.
(will be provided)
Ihimaera, Witi. The Whale
Rider. (will be provided)
Yamashita, Karen Tei. Through
the Arc of Rainforest. (will be
provided)
Atwood, Margaret. Oryx and
Crake. 2003
RECOMMENDED READING
Garrard, Greg. Ecocriticism: The New
Critical Idiom. Routledge: London, 2004.
Glotfelty, Cheryll and Harold Fromm, eds. Ecocriticism Reader: Landmarks in Literary
Ecology. Athens, GA: U of Georgia Press, 1996.
Gifford, Terry. Pastoral: The
New Critical Idiom. New York, NY: Routledge, 1999.
McKibben, Bill. “What the warming world needs now is art, sweet art.”
McKibben, Bill . “Four years after my pleading essay, climate art is
hot.”
Important Notice: The assigned texts for each lesson and
the overall content of this syllabus are subject to change, and it is your responsibility
to follow the changes. Updates will be announced at the course blog (http://literatureandenvironment.blogspot.com.tr/)
COURSE SCHEDULE
Week 1: Feb. 18, 2015
Introduction and course organization.
* McKibben, Bill. “What the
warming world needs now is art, sweet art.”
*McKibben, Bill . “Four
years after my pleading essay, climate art is hot.”
Blog post due: Enter our course blog today
after the class and answer these questions: why do you study environmental
literature and what do you expect to get/learn from this topic and how were
your environmental values shaped? (300-400 words)
Week 2: Feb.25, 2015 “Oceans and Whales”
Reading due:
*Buell-Glossary-of-Selected-Terms
especially read anthropocentrism,
anthropomorphism, ecocentrism, ecocriticism, ecology, environment,
environmental justice, nature, pastoral,
*Lopez, Barry. “A
Presentation of Whales.”
* Ihimaera, Witi. The Whale Rider.
Week 3: March 4, 2015
Reading due:
Buell, Lawrence.
“Global Commons as Resource and Icon: Imagining Oceans and Whales” Writing for an Endengered World.
* Ihimaera, Witi. The Whale Rider. Continued
Blog post due: 2nd blog post will about The
Whale Rider and Lopez’s “A Presentation of Whales” (300-400 words)
Week 4: March 11, 2015 “Postcolonial Ecocriticism”
Reading due:
*Ghosh, Amitav. The Hungry Tide.
*Kaur, Rajender. “Home is where the
oracella are”
Week 5: March 18, 2015
*Ghosh, Amitav. The Hungry Tide.
Blog post due: 3rd blog post will about The Hungry Tide. (300-400 words)
Week 6: March 25, 2015
*Ghosh, Amitav. The Hungry Tide.
Week 7: April 1, 2015
Midterm
Week 8: April 8, 2015 “Local and Global”
Reading due:
* Yamashita, Karen Tei. Through
the Arc of Rainforest
*
Heise, Ursula K. “Local rock and global plastic”
Week 9: April 15, 2015
* Yamashita, Karen Tei. Through
the Arc of Rainforest
Blog post due:4thd blog post will about Through the Arc of Rainforest. (300-400 words)
Week 10: April 22, 2015
* Yamashita, Karen Tei. Through
the Arc of Rainforest
Week 11: April 29, 2015
Comparison of The Hungry Tide and Through the Arc of Rainforest
Week 12: May 6, 2015
Comparison of The Hungry Tide and Through the Arc of Rainforest
Week 12: May 6, 2015
NO CLASS-
CSS2015
Week 13: May 13, 2015 “Environmentalism and Climate
Change
Reading due:
* Atwood, Margaret. Oryx and Crake. 2003
* Carson, Rachel. “A Fable
for Tomorrow.” Silent Spring.
Week 14: May 20, 2015
* Atwood, Margaret. Oryx and Crake. 2003
Blog post due:5th blog post will about Oryx and Crake. (300-400 words)
Week 15: May 27, 2015
* Atwood, Margaret. Oryx and Crake. 2003
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