ENVST-UA 510 - Readings in Contemporary Literary Theory: Eco Criticism

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New York University

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An introduction to the emerging field of ecocriticism and an exploration of some of its main Program in Environmental Studies questions, issues, methods, and texts. We trace the origins and development of key tropes of ecological thought-such as wilderness, pastoralism, pollution, and catastrophe-in literary and cultural texts ranging from the Sumerian Epic of Gilgamesh to the Hollywood eco-blockbuster Avatar. We apply the lenses of environment and species to classics like Euripides' The Bacchae, Shakespeare's The Tempest, and Thoreau's Walden, as well as to works that exemplify new conjunctions between ecological thought and contemporary discourses on globalization, environmental justice, and queer theory, such as novels like Animal's People by Indra Sinha and Lives of the Animals by J. M. Coetzee, and films like Brokeback Mountain and The Yes Men Fix the World.

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4.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.nyu.edu

Phone Number:

(212) 998-1212

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

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Semester

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