ENGL-380 - Literary Themes: ECOLIT: Reading and Writing the Landscape
Course Description
Literature selected according to a particular theme. Emphasis on critical interpretation, aesthetic appreciation, and historical and cultural contexts. Total credit limited to 12 units. 4 lectures. Prerequisite: Completion of GE Areas A and C1. English majors will not receive GE C4 credit. GWR.
Faculty Narratives
Steven Marx
This is a course about nature writing or ecoliterature, an ancient literary genre that has achieved new prominence among critics, teachers, writers and readers. The course balances humanities and science, art and nature, reading and writing, talking and walking. Subject matter includes great works of environmental literature and their traditions, the geography and ecology of Cal Poly's ten thousand acres, and practical methods of observation and expression. <a href=http://cla.calpoly.edu/~smarx/courses/380/380syl2008.html>View a sample syllabus</a> NOTE: Not all sections with this course number have this theme.