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2019-2020 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2019-2020 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

LIT 379 Literature and the Environment



Students in this course will examine the power of literary representation (re-presentation) by studying portrayals of the relationship between human beings and the biosphere.  The course focuses on understanding how language has the power to not only reflect but also shape attitudes and so, ultimatley, to shape the world around us.  Texts will include a range of American texts, fiction and non-fiction, historical and contemporary, prose and poetry, works deliberately created to have a specific impact on readers. Prerequisite: FCO 210 FCO 215  or FCO 225  

3 credit hours
Satisfies Constellation - Environmental Sustainability for “Generation Next”