LIT 3622 Spring 2024

This course considers what literature and literary criticism respond to ecological and climatological change, its aesthetics, history and politics. We will explore a wide range of texts including novels, short stories, poetry, visual arts, and film. Ecocriticism as a frame will help us ask questions of the works like: What is nature, environment, and ecology? What are their various histories? What does it mean to represent these concepts through language and in the arts? Can literature and the arts about environment and climate change help projects towards things like conservation, awareness, and broader environmental justice?