ENG 2255 - Introduction to Literary Studies: Literature and the Environment
4 Credits
Explores a wide range of environmentally focused issues through the study of fiction, non-fiction, poetry, policy, technical reports, and/or film. Major themes are cultivating environmental awareness; understanding spiritual, symbolic, and practical responses to the environment; conflicting attitudes toward the environment; and achieving harmony with the environment. Sources will be chosen from a variety of traditions and cultures.
Pre-Requisites Both of these groups:
1.One of these two: EAP 0099, ENG 0099 (Minimum grade: 1.67 GPA Equivalent)
And
2. Any one of these three: READ 0093, READ 0094, READ 0099
OR
ENG 1108
Major Content Areas
Overview of literary terms and concepts
Defining “environment”
Themes in environmental literature
Human relationships to the environment
Threats to and the future of the environment
Learning Outcomes
Articulate and defend the actions they would take on various environmental issues with reference to examples from environmental literature.
Perform close analysis of a wide range of literary texts at an introductory level.
Demonstrate knowledge of major critical frameworks at an introductory level and employ these frameworks to analyze and understand literature as an expression of individual and human values within historical and social contexts.
Incorporate and document secondary sources at an introductory level within analytical written essays.
Describe the basic institutional arrangements (social, legal, political, economic, religious) that are evolving to deal with environmental and natural resource challenges.
Utilize literary examples to critically evaluate environmental and natural resource issues in light of understandings about interrelationships, ecosystems, and institutions.
Propose and assess alternative solutions to environmental problems.
Minnesota Transfer Curriculum (MNTC) Goals
10 - People/Environment
06 - Humanities/Fine Arts
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