ENG 217 - Studies in Environmental Literature

Institution:

Brevard College

Subject:

ENGLISH

Description:

Environmental literature reflects our historical ties to the land and begins with the premise that humans both affect and are affected by the natural world. In this course, students encounter poetry, fiction, memoirs, and other nonfiction works spanning the past four centuries of European settlement in North America, including works by such writers as Thoreau, Whitman, Dickinson, Cather, and Faulkner, as well as more recent writers, whose works document our long relationship with nature and the wilderness and the rise of ecological awareness in the 20th century. Prerequisite: ENG 112 or 112H.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.brevard.edu

Phone Number:

(828) 883-8292

Regional Accreditation:

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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