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,
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
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
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
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
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
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.
-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.
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
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?
In the light of the class discussion, how do you think The Hungry Tide offers a reconnection between ecocritical and postcolonial theory?
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