Ecocriticism
| Code | School | Level | Credits | Semesters |
| ENGL4356 | English | 4 | N/A | April Full Year UK, Full Year UK, January Full Year UK |
- Code
- ENGL4356
- School
- English
- Level
- 4
- Credits
- N/A
- Semesters
- April Full Year UK, Full Year UK, January Full Year UK
Summary
This pod presents students with a theoretical and critical introduction to ecocriticism and to environmental writing. It takes in broad chronological and generic perspectives, introducing the ways in which environmental ideas manifest themselves in poetry, fiction and the ‘new nature writing’, and considers writing from 1800 to the present. The pod also takes a world literature approach to both the category of ecocriticism and the category of environmental writing – the theoretical approaches come from diverse national contexts, as does the writing itself, taking in not only anglophone writing from the UK, the United States, Australia and India, but also from writing in translation.
Target Students
Students registered on the School of English online masters scheme
Assessment
- 100% Participation: Student participation
Assessed by end of designated period
Educational Aims
This module comprises an optional component in the following pathways: Applied English, English Literature, Modern and Contemporary Literature, and World Literatures. As such, it contributes in its specific aims to the programme-level coverage of these pathways.Learning Outcomes
Demonstrate knowledge of the tradition of environmental literature and the critical framework of ecocriticism.
Undertake close readings of a work or works of ecofiction or ecopoetry.
Apply an appropriate contextual or ecocritical framework in your analysis of text/s and in the creation of an argument.
Demonstrate knowledge and skills acquired to the appropriate disciplinary and professional standard.
Assimilate and present subject-specific material in an appropriate format (assessed within the ‘Assessment Portfolio’ 1, 2 or 3).