| Course Title: Topics in American Literature: 'Landscape and Loss in 20th-21st Century American Narrative' |
| Start Date: 09/04/2019 End Date: 12/17/2019 |
| Term: Fall Semester 2019 |
| Description: This seminar will focus on 20th-21st Century American narratives on landscape. In the context of a history tainted by destruction, and in the face of environmental concerns today, the course will explore the struggle to sustain an authentic connection with the natural world. Through a study of fiction, non-fiction, poetry, film, and art, students will address a range of questions. Does the history of loss within the American landscape carry particular challenges for writers and artists wishing to establish new definitions of what it means to work toward preservation? Does nature-writing in American narrative become a source of celebration, a love affair with landscape, or an expression of grief, a means of mourning? To what extent does gender, race, or class influence the shape of modern and contemporary narratives on the American landscape? |
| Distribution(s): I - Humanities , TP - Topics Course |
| Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate | Credits:4.00 |
| Faculty | Phone | Email address |
| Leah Glasser | 413-538-2855 | lglasser@mtholyoke.edu |
| Meeting Dates | Method | Meeting days | Meeting times | Building name | Room | Frequency |
| 09/04/2019 - 12/17/2019 | Seminar | Thursday | 01:30PM - 04:20PM | SHTK - Shattuck Hall | 318 | Weekly |
| Requisite Courses | ||
| None |
| Comments |
| Additional Comments |
| Course Tags | ||
| ENVST-HUM | ENVST-HUM: Env Studies pre-2024 Minor - Humanities | This course has been approved to count towards the Environmental Studies minor Humanities area. |
| Cross-listed Sections |
| None |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Open | Capacity: 18 | Enrollment: 16 | Available: 2 | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List | Required | Publisher Full Price |
| To be determined. |
| Additional Book Comments |
| This is NOT the complete book list for this class. |