Monday, November 24, 2025

Wednesday, September 24, 2025

2025-2026 Fall Semester Literature and Envrionment I  

Question 1 (23/9/2025)

What was your take on the first class of the semester? Elaborate on the chapter, which we read from Silent Spring and discuss the function of literaary studies in terms of ecological crisis as we discussed in the class.

Friday, October 13, 2017

2017-2018 Fall Semester Syllabus

Ege University, Faculty of Letters
English Language and Literature Department
381 – LITERATURE AND ENVIRONMENT I
2017-2018 Fall Semester
Önder Çetin
Wednesday, 14.30 – 17.00 (D.1203)


COURSE DESCRIPTION
This course introduces students to the relationship between literature and the physical environment.

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES OF THE COURSE
The objective of the course is to provide students with skills to understand and interpret the relationship between literature and the physical environment as a fast emerging literary theory, namely ecocriticism. 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. The aim of this course is to introduce prominent American nature writers and their works starting as early as 19th century, which helped to create awareness towards environment and conservation policies.

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.
-Cell phones must be turned off/ in silent mode and under the desk during the class hours.
-Latecomers may come in without distracting the attention of their classmates.

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
Abbey, Edward. Desert Solitaire. New York: Simon&Schuster, 1968.
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.
Leopold, Aldo. A Sand County Almanac. London: Oxford University Press, 1966.
Lopez, Barry. Arctic Dreams. London: Picador, 1987.
Thoreau, Henry D. Walden. Ed. J. Lyndon Shanly. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2004.

Important Notice: The assigned texts for each lesson are subject to change, and it is students’ responsibilty to follow the changes. 

COURSE SCHEDULE
Week 1: 27 September 2017
Introduction and course organization.

Week 2: 4 October 2017
What is ecology? What is ecocriticism?
Read: Glotfelty, Cheryll. “Introduction: Literary Studies in an Age of Environmental Crisis.” Glotfelty & Fromm, xv-xxxvii. (in Ecocriticism Reader: Landmarks in Literary Ecology)
+ Glossary of Selected Terms (will be provided)

Week 3: 11 October 2017
Read: Chapter 1 in Ecocriticism: The New Critical Idiom by Greg Garrard
Discussion of short Stories: Read: “Adios Cordera!” (Goodbye Lamb!) by Leopoldo Alas +
“White Heron” Sarah Orne Jewett

Week 4: 18 October 2017
Walden, Henry David Thoreau (Intro.+Economy+Where I lived+Sounds)

Slovic, Scott. “Nature Writing and Environmental Psychology: The Interiority of Outdoor Experience.” (in Ecocriticism Reader: Landmarks in Literary Ecology) 351-370.
Week 5: 25 October 2017
Walden, Henry David Thoreau (Solitude+The Village+The Ponds+Conclusion)

Week 6: 1 November 2017
A Sand County Almanac, Aldo Leopold

Week 7: 8 November 2017
A Sand County Almanac, Aldo Leopold

Week 8: 15 November 2017
A Sand County Almanac, Aldo Leopold

Week 9: 22 November 2017
Midterm

Week 10: 29 November 2017
Desert Solitaire, Edward Abbey

Week 11: 6 December 2017
Desert Solitaire, Edward Abbey

Week 12: 13 December 2017
Lopez, Barry. Arctic Dreams. (Prologue+Arktikos+Banks Island)

Week 13: 20 December 2017
Lopez, Barry. Arctic Dreams. (Ice and Light+The Country of the Mind+Epilogue)

Week 14: 29 December 2017

Wrap-up

Monday, March 27, 2017

2nd Blog topic: Lopez's "Presentation of Whales"

Here is your second blog post topic. How did reading éAPresentation of Whales" ('the experience of the exterior landscape') shape the 'interior landscape of your brains' as Barry Lopez puts it? Feel free to comment on any aspect that strikes you the most.

Monday, March 6, 2017

Why do we study environmental literature?

Hello Dear 382 Lit&EnviroII students,

I'd like you to share your thoughts about Literature and Environement studies you committed to study this semester. As you may guess from the title of this page, I'd like to learn, why do you study environmental literature and what do you expect to get/learn from this topic and how were your environmental values shaped? I'm looking forward to read your comments!!

Cheers,

Tuesday, February 21, 2017

2016-2017 Spring Semester Syllabus for Literature and Environment II

Ege University, Faculty of Letters
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.
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

Tuesday, February 23, 2016

382 Literature and Environment II Syllabus (2015-2016 Spring Semester)

Ege University, Faculty of Letters
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.
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

Tuesday, September 29, 2015

381 Literature and Environment I Syllabus

Ege University, Faculty of Letters
English Language and Literature Department
381 – LITERATURE AND ENVIRONMENT I
2015-2016 Fall Semester
Önder Çetin
Wednesday, 13:00 – 15:25 (D.1203)


COURSE DESCRIPTION
This course introduces students to the relationship between literature and the physical environment.

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES OF THE COURSE
The objective of the course is to provide students with skills to understand and interpret the relationship between literature and the physical environment as a fast emerging literary theory, namely ecocriticism. 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. The aim of this course is to introduce prominent American nature writers and their works starting as early as 19th century, which helped to create awareness towards environment and conservation policies.

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.
-Cell phones must be turned off during the class hours.
-Latecomers may come in without distracting the attention of their classmates.

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
Abbey, Edward. Desert Solitaire. New York: Simon&Schuster, 1968.
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.
Leopold, Aldo. A Sand County Almanac. London: Oxford University Press, 1966.
Lopez, Barry. Arctic Dreams. London: Picador, 1987.
Thoreau, Henry D. Walden. Ed. J. Lyndon Shanly. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2004.

Important Notice: The assigned texts for each lesson are subject to change, and it is students’ responsibilty to follow the changes. 

COURSE SCHEDULE

Week 1: 30 September 2015

Introduction and course organization.

Week 2: 7 October 2015

Glotfelty, Cheryll. “Introduction: Literary Studies in an Age of Environmental Crisis.” Glotfelty & Fromm, xv-xxxvii. (in Ecocriticism Reader: Landmarks in Literary Ecology)

Ursula K. Heise, “The Hichhiker’s Guide to Ecocriticism,” PMLA 121.2 (March 2006), 503-516.

Week 3: 14 October 2015

Walden, Henry David Thoreau (First 6 Chapters: Economy through Visitors)

Slovic, Scott. “Nature Writing and Environmental Psychology: The Interiority of Outdoor Experience.” (in Ecocriticism Reader: Landmarks in Literary Ecology) 351-370.

Week 4: 21 October 2015

Walden, Henry David Thoreau (Chapters 7-8-9-10-11-12)

Week 5: 28 October 2015

Walden, Henry David Thoreau (Chapters 13-14-15-16-17-18)

Week 6: 4 November 2015

A Sand County Almanac, Aldo Leopold

Week 7: 11 November 2015

A Sand County Almanac, Aldo Leopold

Week 8: 18 November 2015

A Sand County Almanac, Aldo Leopold
Week 9: 25 November 2015

Midterm

Week 10: 28 November 2014

Desert Solitaire, Edward Abbey

Week 11: 2 December 2015

Desert Solitaire, Edward Abbey

Week 12: 9 December 2015

Desert Solitaire, Edward Abbey

Week 13: 16 December 2015

Arctic Dreams, Barry Lopez

Week 14: 23 December 2015

Arctic Dreams, Barry Lopez

Week 15: 30 December 2015


Arctic Dreams, Barry Lopez

Tuesday, April 28, 2015

Local Rock and Global Plastic: World Ecology and the Experience of Place.: EBSCOhost

Hi,

You can reach Ursula K. Heise's article "Local Rock and Global Plastic: World Ecology and the Experience of Place" from the below link. This is the courtesy of Ege University Library, so you will have to use the proxy server of Ege if you would like to reach it off-campus. I guess you will have no trouble reaching it in the campus area.

Enjoy!

Önder

Local Rock and Global Plastic: World Ecology and the Experience of Place.: EBSCOhost

Wednesday, April 15, 2015

The Hungry Tide by Amitav Ghosh

Here is your third blog post question:
In the light of the class discussion, how do you think The Hungry Tide offers a reconnection between ecocritical and postcolonial theory?

Wednesday, March 18, 2015

The Whale Rider & "A Presentation of Whales"

Here is your second blog post topic. How did reading these literary works ('the experience of the exterior landscape') shape the 'interior landscape of your brains' as Barry Lopez puts it? Feel free to comment on any aspect that strikes you the most.

Monday, March 16, 2015

Updated Syllabus for Lit&Environment Class

Here is what we are going to do starting from April 15, 2015:


Week 9: April 15, 2015  “Local and Global”
Reading due:
            * Yamashita, Karen Tei. Through the Arc of  Rainforest
            * Heise, Ursula K. “Local rock and global plastic”

Week 10: April 22, 2015

            Mid-term

Week 11: April 29, 2015
* Yamashita, Karen Tei. Through the Arc of  Rainforest

Week 12: May 6, 2015
NO CLASS- CSS2015


Blog post due:4thd blog post will about Through the Arc of  Rainforest. (300-400 words)

Week 12: May 13, 2015 “Environmentalism and Climate Change

Reading due:
            * Atwood, Margaret. Oryx and Crake. 2003
            * Carson, Rachel. “A Fable for Tomorrow.” Silent Spring.

Week 13: May 20, 2015
            * Atwood, Margaret. Oryx and Crake. 2003
Blog post due:5th  blog post will about Oryx and Crake. (300-400 words)

Week 14: May 27, 2015

            * Atwood, Margaret. Oryx and Crake. 2003

Wednesday, February 18, 2015

Why do we study Environmental literature?


Hello Dear 382 Lit&EnviroII students,

I'd like you to share your thoughts about Literature and Environement studies you committed to study this semester. As you may guess from the title of this page, I'd like to learn, why do you study environmental literature and what do you expect to get/learn from this topic and how were your environmental values shaped? I'm looking forward to read your comments!!

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
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