Ege
University, Faculty of Letters
English Language and Literature Department
382 – LITERATURE AND ENVIRONMENT II
English Language and Literature Department
382 – LITERATURE AND ENVIRONMENT II
2015-2016
Fall Semester
Önder Çetin
Monday, 10:00-12:00 (D.1)
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.
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
Mid-term and Final exams will be written exams in class.
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
Tentative Reading List:
Lopez,
Barry. Arctic Dreams. London:
Picador, 1987.
Ihimaera,
Witi. The Whale Rider. (will be
provided)
Ghosh, Amitav. The
Hungry Tide. (will be provided)
Atwood,
Margaret. Oryx and Crake. 2003
Yamashita,
Karen Tei. Through the Arc of Rainforest. (will be provided)
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. 22, 2016
Introduction and course organization.
Week 2: Feb. 29, 2016
Reading due:
* Lopez, Barry. Arctic Dreams.
Week 3: March 7, 2016 “Oceans and Whales”
Reading due:
*Lopez, Barry.
Arctic Dreams.
Week 4: March 14, 2016
Reading due:
*
Ihimaera, Witi. The Whale Rider
Buell,
Lawrence. “Global Commons as Resource and Icon: Imagining Oceans and Whales” Writing for an Endangered World.
Week 5: March 21, 2016 “Postcolonial
Ecocriticism”
* Ihimaera, Witi. The Whale Rider.
Week 6: March 28, 2016
*Ghosh,
Amitav. The Hungry Tide.
*Kaur, Rajender.
“Home is where the oracella are”
Week 7: April 4, 2016
*Ghosh,
Amitav. The Hungry Tide.
Week 8: April 11, 2016
*Ghosh,
Amitav. The Hungry Tide.
Week 9: April 18, 2015
Midterm
Week 10: April 25, 2015 “Local and Global”
* Yamashita, Karen
Tei. Through the Arc of Rainforest
* Heise, Ursula K. “Local rock
and global plastic”
Week 11: May 2, 2016
* Yamashita, Karen
Tei. Through the Arc of Rainforest
Week 12: May 9, 2016
Reading due:
*
Yamashita, Karen Tei. Through the Arc
of Rainforest
Week 13: May 16, 2016 “Environmentalism and Climate Change”
*
Atwood, Margaret. Oryx and Crake.
2003
Week 14: May 23, 2016
*
Atwood, Margaret. Oryx and Crake.
2003
Week 15: May 30, 2016
* Atwood, Margaret. Oryx and Crake. 2003
