ENG 344 - Literature and the Environment

Institution:

Rocky Mountain College

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Description:

Fall semester, alternate years. 3 semester hours. This course is a comparative study of the environmental imagination as expressed in literature. By reading and discussing a wide range of literary texts, students investigate the question "What is nature?" In contrast to environmental science, environmental philosophy, or environmental policy, emphasis is placed upon the form of expression as well as the ideas presented by the various writers considered. Representative authors include Henry David Thoreau, Mary Austin, James Baldwin, Louis Owens, and Jane Hirshfield.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

rocky.edu

Phone Number:

(406) 657-1000

Regional Accreditation:

Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

Calendar System:

Semester

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