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| CATALOG INFORMATION
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| Discipline and Nbr:
ENGL 10 | Title:
INTRO LIT & ENVIRONMENT |
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| Full Title:
Introduction to Literature and the Environment |
| Last Reviewed:4/11/2022 |
| Units | Course Hours per Week | | Nbr of Weeks | Course Hours Total |
| Maximum | 3.00 | Lecture Scheduled | 3.00 | 17.5 max. | Lecture Scheduled | 52.50 |
| Minimum | 3.00 | Lab Scheduled | 0 | 17.5 min. | Lab Scheduled | 0 |
| | Contact DHR | 0 | | Contact DHR | 0 |
| | Contact Total | 3.00 | | Contact Total | 52.50 |
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| | Non-contact DHR | 0 | | Non-contact DHR Total | 0 |
| | Total Out of Class Hours: 105.00 | Total Student Learning Hours: 157.50 | |
Title 5 Category:
AA Degree Applicable
Grading:
Grade or P/NP
Repeatability:
00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
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Catalog Description:
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Introduction to literature, with an emphasis on American environmental literature. Study will include major figures, themes, and historical periods; different cultural perspectives on the relationship between humans and the nonhuman world; the role women have played in the development of the genre; and the relationship between environmental literature and emerging environmental concerns.
Prerequisites/Corequisites:
Completion of ENGL 100B or higher (V8) OR Course Completion of ENGL 100 OR Course Completion of EMLS 100 ( or ESL 100)
Recommended Preparation:
Limits on Enrollment:
Schedule of Classes Information
Description:
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Introduction to literature, with an emphasis on American environmental literature. Study will include major figures, themes, and historical periods; different cultural perspectives on the relationship between humans and the nonhuman world; the role women have played in the development of the genre; and the relationship between environmental literature and emerging environmental concerns.
Introduction to literature, with an emphasis on American environmental literature. Study will include major figures, themes, and historical periods; different cultural perspectives on the relationship between humans and the nonhuman world; the role women have played in the development of the and the relationship between environmental literature and emerging environmental concerns.
(Grade or P/NP)
Prerequisites:Completion of ENGL 100B or higher (V8) OR Course Completion of ENGL 100 OR Course Completion of EMLS 100 ( or ESL 100)
Recommended:
Limits on Enrollment:
Transfer Credit:CSU;UC.
Repeatability:00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
ARTICULATION, MAJOR, and CERTIFICATION INFORMATION
| Associate Degree: | Effective: | Fall 2004
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| Area: | E
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| Humanities
Global Perspective and Environmental Literacy
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| CSU GE: | Transfer Area | | Effective: | Inactive: |
| | C2 | Humanities | Fall 2004 | |
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| IGETC: | Transfer Area | | Effective: | Inactive: |
| | 3B | Humanities | Fall 2004 | |
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| CSU Transfer: | Transferable | Effective: | Fall 2004 | Inactive: | |
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| UC Transfer: | Transferable | Effective: | Fall 2004 | Inactive: | |
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Certificate/Major Applicable:
Major Applicable Course
COURSE CONTENT
Outcomes and Objectives:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:
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Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. Define environmental literature as a genre
2. Identify selected major figures in environmental literature and
analyze their contribution to the genre
3. Identify major historical patterns and emerging traditions embodied
in environmental texts
4. Compare and contrast the ways in which human relationship to the
nonhuman world has been imagined in literature from two or more
cultures
5. Critique some aspects of contemporary U.S. culture from an ecological
perspective
6. Assess the contribution of literary texts to the emerging culture of
environmental concern
Topics and Scope
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Topics will include but not be limited to:
I. Overview of literature and literary genres
A. Definitions of literature
B. Overview of literary genres
C. The genre of environmental literature
1. Definitions and literary scope of the genre
2. The interdisciplinary nature of the genre
II. Major figures in environmental literature
A. Contributions of nonfiction writers: e.g. Henry David Thoreau,
John Muir, Aldo Leopold, Rachel Carson, Barry Lopez, Annie
Dillard, Wendell Barry, Edward Abbey, Terry Tempest Williams,
N. Scott Momaday
B. Contributions of fiction writers: e.g. Pam Huston, Barry Lopez,
Leslie Marmon Silko
C. Contributions of poets: e.g. Gary Snyder, A.R. Ammons, Mary Oliver
III. Historical patterns and emerging traditions in environmental
literature
A. The pastoral tradition in Greek and Western romantic literature
B. Early American literature: Descriptions of nature and writing
about regions in the 17th and 18th Centuries
C. Thoreau and the birth of the nature essay in the 19th Century
D. Turn-of-the-Century: Extending the Thoreauvian tradition
E. 20th Century renaissance of American environmental nonfiction
1. Literal vs. metaphorical representations of the environment
2. Connections with science, art, history, economics, and policy
3. The concept of Place
4. Movement from egocentrism to ecocentrism
F. Major contributions of women to American environmental literature:
e.g. Susan Cooper, Mary Austin, Rachel Carson, Annie Dillard, Terry
Tempest Williams, Mary Oliver
IV. Similarities and differences in the ways in which literary works of
different cultures have imagined the human relationship to the
nonhuman world
A. Oral vs written literary traditions
B. American Indian vs. Western creation stories
C. Conceptions of place in indigenous and Western cultures
D. Cultural perspectives on an "ethical" relationship to the land
V. Ecocriticism: a critical approach to literature and culture
A. Definition of a "critical approach" to literature
B. Overview of other critical approaches: e.g. formalist, historical
deconstruction, psychoanalytic, feminist, reader response
C. Definition of ecocriticism
D. Practice of ecocriticism
VI. Environmental literature and the emerging culture of environmental
concern
A. Ways in which the arts in general and texts in particular both
shape and express values and attitudes towards the natural world
B. Ways in which texts can provoke environmental reflection and practice restorationism
C. Art, advocacy, and activism
Assignments:
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Reading assignments may include:
1. Assigned readings from major works of environmental literature
2. Selected essays on environmental literature as a genre
3. Selected essays offering different cultural perspectives on the
nonhuman world
4. Selected essays on ecocentrism as a critical approach to literature
Writing assignments may include:
1. A structured reading journal on assigned readings
2. Essay exams covering units of study
3. Analytical essays on assigned works (500-1,000 words)
4. Personal essays in response to assigned works (500-1,000 words)
5. Ecocritical analysis of a text, film, or advertisement
6. Term papers requiring research and MLA documentation (1,500-2,500
words)
7. Original student writing in the genre of environmental literature
Other assignments may include:
1. Group or individual presentations on particular authors, time periods
or themes
2. Objective examinations and quizzes
3. Field trips to explore a local ecosystem
4. Group or class project: Based on class readings and personal experience
create a set of ethical and practical
principles (a land ethic) that can serve as a guide for the human relationship to the
land
Methods of Evaluation/Basis of Grade.
| Writing: Assessment tools that demonstrate writing skill and/or require students to select, organize and explain ideas in writing. | Writing
70 - 75% |
| Written homework, Analytical Essay, Personal Narrative Essay, Ecocritical Analysis, Essay Exams, term paper, Structured reading journals | |
| Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills. | Problem Solving
5 - 10% |
| Group project--land ethic | |
| Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams. | Skill Demonstrations
0 - 0% |
| None | |
| Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams. | Exams
10 - 15% |
| Matching items, Completion, Essay exams | |
| Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories. | Other Category
10 - 15% |
| Group and individual presentations; participation; field trip or alternative assignment | |
Representative Textbooks and Materials:
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The Norton Book of Nature Writing. Ed Robert Finch and John Elder.
W.W. Norton, 2002 or most current edition.
Literature and the Environment. Ed. Lorraine Anderson, Scott Slovic,
And John P. O'Grady. Longman, 1999 (Classic).
The following texts are all classics in the field:
Walden. Henry David Thoreau. Houghton Mifflin, 2000.
Prairyerth. William Least Heat-Moon. Houghton Mifflin, 1999.
Friend of the Earth. T.C. Boyle. Penguin, 2001.
Walking, Henry David Thoreau. Harper, 1994.
The Mountains of California. John Muir. Penguin, 1985.
The Land of Little Rain. Mary Austin. Penguin, 1997.
Silent Spring. Rachel Carson. Houghton Mifflin, 1992.
Sand County Almanac. Aldo Leopold. Ballantine, 1970.
Desert Solitaire. Edward Abbey. Ballantine, 1990.
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek. Annie Dillard. Harper Perennial, 1988.
Turtle Creek. Gary Snyder. New Directions, 1974.
Arctic Dreams. Barry Lopez. Vintage Books, 1986.
New and Selected Poems. Mary Oliver. Beacon Press, 1992.
Refuge. Terry Tempest Williams. Pantheon, 1991.
The Control of Nature. John McPhee. Noonday Press, 1990.
Ceremony. Leslie Marmon Silko. Penguin, 1977.
My Antonia. Willa Cather. Mariner Books, 1995.
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