ENG 110 - Serpents, Swords, and Symbols

Institution:

Roger Williams University

Subject:

ENGLISH LITERATURE

Description:

Fulfills a course requirement in the English Literature Core ConcentrationHow did we get to this point? What is the genesis of our currentrelationship with the environment? Has our current situation alwaysreflected that relationship? Using the natural world as a point ofdeparture, students learn the universal language of symbols fromancient cultures to the present as they document and assess theevolution of the relation between human beings and the naturalworld, once perceived as reciprocal and interdependent, now distinctand isolated. Students analyze interdisciplinary and cross-culturalliterary and visual works that address environment and place andthe evolution of the relations between the human and non-humanboth directly (in non-fiction and natural history) and indirectly (inliterature and film). In investigating both visual and written artifacts,students also learn the historical context for the shifts in literaryattitudes toward the environment from around the world and acrosstime.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.rwu.edu

Phone Number:

(401) 253-1040

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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