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Literature and the Environment

  • ARTS3050
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Subject Area: English<br/>This course can also be studied in the following specialisation: Environmental Humanities<br/><br/>Literature and the Environment examines the inter-relationship between between literary texts and concepts of Nature. From the vantage point of contemporary concerns with climate change and environmental sustainability, this course questions literature's representation of the natural world and human society's place within it. It will compare various understandings of Nature from a range of contexts and ask whether it is possible to model an environmental practice of reading and writing. -- Course Website

Prerequisites: 24 units of credit in either the English or Environmental Humanities streams



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