Kurzus nemzetközi vendég- és részidős hallgatóknak
- Kar
- Bölcsészettudományi Kar
- Szervezet
- BTK Amerikanisztika Tanszék
- Kód
- BBI-AME17-312E.07
- Cím
- Választható amerikai irodalmi szeminárium: Ökológia, kultúra és irodalom
- Tervezett félév
- Tavaszi
- ECTS
- 5
- Nyelv
- en
- Oktatás célja
- Objectives of the course are to familiarize students with basic issues of ecological theories, environmentalism and ecocriticism; to enable them to read literary narratives in an ecocritical perspective; to enlarge their vocabulary, oral and writing skills about green agendas; to alert them to the responsibilities they have as prospective intellectuals at this time of ecological crisis.
- Tantárgy tartalma
- The course introduces students to ecological thinking in culture and literature. In the first half of the semester, we read and discuss foundational theoretical texts that map out the development of modern ecological thought, explore cultural discourses that affect our thinking about human well-being, the biosphere, aesthetic codes, gendered “nature,” and the narrative of environmental pollution. In the second half we scrupulously read six American short stories to test our understanding of the ecocritical project, also experimenting with a new way of reading American narratives (Hawthorne, Jewett, Chopin, Hemingway, Everett, O. Butler) with green and posthumanist agendas in mind. These sessions will be assisted with a template, that is, a set of downloadable questions in the Student Reader Guide.
- Számonkérés és értékelés
- - regular participation and activity in class discussions (only 3 absences allowed) - individual oral presentation (15-20 mins, focusing on the main argument of the theoretical essay / or storyline and main issues / problems in the short stories; in both cases, the speaker is also required to frame 2 meaningful questions to the class to kick off the conversation; handouts for each participant of the class, giving a clear outline of the talk) - endterm essay (see the requirements below; submission deadline: May 25 - endterm quiz. Assessment: oral performance (class activity + oral pres.): 50% + endterm quiz (written) and paper: 50%
- Irodalomjegyzék
- Robyn Eckersley, “The Development of Modern Ecopolitical Thought” IN Robyn Eckersley, Environmentalism and Political Theory, UCL P, 1992, 7-32; pdf. Kenneth R. Olwig, “Reinventing Common Nature: Yosemite and Mount Rushmore—A Meandering Tale of a Doube Nature,” IN Uncommon Ground, ed. William Cronon, Norton,1996; pdf. Lawrence Buell, “Toxic Discourse” IN Writing for and Endangered World, Belknap P, 2003, pp. 30-54; pdf. Helena Feder, “Ecocriticism, Posthumanism, and the Biological idea of Culture” IN The Oxford Handbook of Ecocriticism, ed. Greg Garrard, Oxford Handbooks Online, 1-12, pdf. Kate Soper, “The Idea of Nature” IN The Green Studies Reader, Routledge, 2000, 123-126, pdf. Kate Soper , “Naturalized Woman and Feminized Nature”IN The Green Studies Reader, 139-143, pdf. Anette Kolodny, “Unearthing Herstory” IN The Ecocriticism Reader, U of Georgia P, 1996, 170-181; pdf Nathaniel Hawthorne, “Rappaccini’s Daughter, ” 1846: e-text: http://central.gutenberg.org/wplbn0002913705-rappaccini-s-daughter--chapter-1-by-hawthorne-nathaniel.aspx Sara Orne Jewett, “A White Heron, ” 1886: e-text: http://self.gutenberg.org/articles/eng/A_White_Heron Kate Chopin, “Desirée’s Baby, ” 1893: e-text: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/46650/46650-h/46650-h.htm#DESIREES_BABY Ernest Hemingway, “The Snows of Kilimanjaro, ” 1936: e-text: http://self.gutenberg.org/articles/eng/The_Snows_of_Kilimanjaro_(story) Percival Everett, “Dicotyles Tajacu” IN Big Picture, 1996, EPUB Octavia Butler, “Bloodchild,” IN Bloodchild, 1996, EPUB SUGGESTED READING Buell, Lawrence. Writing for an Endangered World. Literature, Culture, and the Environment. Harvard UP, 2003. Morton, Timothy. Ecology without Nature. Harvard UP, 2009. Wolfe, Cary. What Is Posthumanism? U of Minnesota P, 2010.