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
2016-2017
Spring Semester
Önder Çetin
Tuesday, 13.00-15:20 (D.1)
Course Blog: http://literatureandenvironment.blogspot.com.tr
COURSE DESCRIPTION
This course introduces students to literary
works that deal with environmental problems focusing on the issues of local and
global, postcolonialism and oceans and whales and finally the relationship
between humankind and nature.
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.
Blog Post Project
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 on the course syllabus. You will post your comments on the blog
This project will
constitute %30 of your Final exam grade.
COURSE GRADING
Students’ overall grades will be evaluated as follows:
- Mid-term 40%
- Final 60% = %30 Blog Project+%70Final Exam
(Class participation will be taken into
consideration while grading your exam papers)
REQUIRED TEXTS
Tentative Reading List:
Lopez,
Barry. “A Presentation of Whales.” (will be provided)
Ihimaera,
Witi. The Whale Rider. (will be
provided)
Ghosh, Amitav. The
Hungry Tide. (will be provided)
Yamashita,
Karen Tei. Through the Arc of Rainforest. (will be provided)
Faruk
Duman. Ve Bir Pars Hüzünle Kaybolur.
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.
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. 21, 2017
Introduction and course organization.
Week 2: Feb. 28, 2017 “Oceans and Whales”
Reading due:
Lopez, Barry. “A
Presentation of Whales.”
Week 3: March 7, 2017
* “The Whale
Rider” Movie in class
Week 4: March 14, 2017
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, 2017
* Ihimaera, Witi. The Whale Rider.
*
“Monster Culture (Seven Theses)” Jeffrey Jerome Cohen
Week 6: March 28, 2016
* Ihimaera, Witi. The Whale Rider.
Week 7: April 4, 2017 “Postcolonial Ecocriticism”
*Ghosh,
Amitav. The Hungry Tide.
*Kaur, Rajender.
“Home is where the oracella are”
Week 8: April 11, 2017
*Ghosh, Amitav. The Hungry Tide.
Week 9: April 18, 2017
Midterm
Week 10: April 25, 2017 “Local and Global”
Reading
due:
* Yamashita, Karen
Tei. Through the Arc of Rainforest
* Heise, Ursula K. “Local rock
and global plastic”
Week 11: May 2, 2017
*
Yamashita, Karen Tei. Through the Arc
of Rainforest
Week 12: May 9, 2017
*
Yamashita, Karen Tei. Through the Arc
of Rainforest
Week 13: May 16, 2017
Reading due:
* Faruk Duman.
Ve Bir Pars Hüzünle Kaybolur.
Week 14: May 23, 2017
*
Faruk Duman. Ve Bir Pars Hüzünle
Kaybolur.
Week 15: May 30, 2017
Wrap-up
