ENGL 2201 - Literature and the Land (HU, GC)

Institution:

Utah Tech University

Subject:

English

Description:

Fulfills a Literature/Humanities General Education requirement and is an approved Global and Cultural Perspectives course. Introduces students to environmental literature and its historical development. Focuses on literary works from the eighteenth century to the present, students will read major authors and works and examine the concerns and values that have given rise to twentieth-century environmentalism and environmental literature. Students will survey a variety of texts, including poetry, short stories, novels, and personal and scholarly essays. Thematic concerns will revolve around questions of belonging, sustainability, urbanization, environmental activism, and, not least, the intersections of literature and the sciences. Further, students will engage with common practices in reading, interpreting, and writing about literature, and will address questions of literary form and genre, the relationship between literary works and the cultures that produce them, and how and why we read. **COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs) At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to: 1. Explain and identify the characteristics of environmental literature in various literary genres. 2. Analyze, orally and/or in written form, literary aspects of environmental literature, including setting, characterization, theme, point of view, figurative language, and plot. 3. Assess ethical values and critically discuss philosophical concerns in environmental literature. 4. Produce researched and creative writings, as well as informal responses to concerns expressed in course texts. 5. Collaborate with peers on textual analyses. SP (even)

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.utahtech.edu/

Phone Number:

(435) 652-7500

Regional Accreditation:

Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

Calendar System:

Semester

General Education

• GC - Global & Cultural Perspectives

• HU - Literature and Humanities

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