Environmental Literature.

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ENGL 336 Environmental Literature - 3 semester hours Study of the relationship between literature and environmental values, and how literary interpretations of the land reflect and influence attitudes toward nonhuman nature and our orientations to our environment. Issues may include the environment as a hostile wilderness, divine nature, the frontier, as well as contemporary nature writers' concern with imperiled ecosystems. Some consideration of Ecocriticism. Prerequisites: ENGL 110 /112 and ENGL 111 /113, and for English majors, ENGL 203 .