ENAM0445A-S14
Novels Environmental Justice
Recent Novels of Environmental Justice
In recent years environmental justice has emerged as a major topic in the humanities. This intersection of environmentalism and social justice is motivated by a concern for the differential access to natural resources (clean water, clean air, tillable land) afforded to different groups of people within particular social systems. Students will encounter these themes through the reading of many global Anglophone novels, including Waterland, by Graham Swift; The Hungry Tide, by Amitav Ghosh; Animal's People, by Indra Sinha; A Thousand Acres, by Jane Smiley; Ceremony, by Leslie Marmon Silko; and Disgrace, by J.M. Coetzee. 3 hrs. sem.
In recent years environmental justice has emerged as a major topic in the humanities. This intersection of environmentalism and social justice is motivated by a concern for the differential access to natural resources (clean water, clean air, tillable land) afforded to different groups of people within particular social systems. Students will encounter these themes through the reading of many global Anglophone novels, including Waterland, by Graham Swift; The Hungry Tide, by Amitav Ghosh; Animal's People, by Indra Sinha; A Thousand Acres, by Jane Smiley; Ceremony, by Leslie Marmon Silko; and Disgrace, by J.M. Coetzee. 3 hrs. sem.
- Term:
- Spring 2014
- Location:
- Old Chapel 401(OCH 401)
- Schedule:
- 1:30pm-4:15pm on Wednesday (Feb 10, 2014 to May 12, 2014)
- Type:
- Seminar
- Instructors:
- Daniel Brayton
- Subject:
- English & American Literatures
- Department:
- English & American Literatures
- Division:
- Literature
- Requirements Fulfilled:
- CMP LIT
- Levels:
- Undergraduate
- Cross-Listed As:
- ENVS0445A-S14
- Availability:
- View availability, prerequisites, and other requirements.
- Course Reference Number (CRN):
- 22311
- Subject Code:
- ENAM
- Course Number:
- 0445
- Section Identifier:
- A