ENGL 3362

Nature has often formed a background to human-centred concerns in literature. However, in response to climate change and other environmental crises, many contemporary writers and scholars reconsider and renegotiate human relationships to the natural environment. Instead of as setting or metaphor, nature often appears as a physical reality that humans belong to and seek to understand through creative engagement. In this course, we will explore the connections between literature and the natural environment, with a particular emphasis on the many innovative ideas and directions emerging in literary scholarship and the Environmental Humanities.