CRIT 324 Envisioning Nature: Ecocriticism and the Arts

3 credits 45.0 hours
300 level undergraduate course

It has been said that men have always had to choose between their subjection to nature or the subjection of nature to themselves. The course examines how this choice evolved, evaluates expressions of this choice as it approaches a crisis point, and explores how creative expression can explore and even transcend this dichotomy. Readings and sources are taken from a range of mediums (literature, visual art, music, dance, and film) and from a variety of disciplines (e.g., literary criticism, art history). Interpretations of the concept of Nature will include viewing nature as animistic, as sacred, as a divine order, as a mechanistic universe, a transcendent force, as a commodity, and as an essential but endangered condition for life.

Prerequisites COMP*102, COMP*102D, COMP*102E, COMP*112, or COMP*112H

This course is not repeatable for credit.
This course is equated with the following courses: CRIT*301, CRIT*302, CRIT*303, CRIT*304, CRIT*313, CRIT*321, CRIT*324, CRIT*327, CRIT*347, HUMS*231, HUMS*230, HUMS*223, HUMS*214, HUMS*214H, HUMS*217, HUMS*217H, HUMS*227H, HUMS*227, HUMS*219, HUMS*213H, HUMS*219H, HUMS*213, HUMS*222, HUMS*222H, HUMS*229 , HUMS*225, HUMS*226, HUMS*221H, HUMS*224H, HUMS*221, HUMS*218, HUMS*218H, HUMS*220, HUMS*212, HUMS*215, HUMS*216, HUMS*216, HUMS*216H, HUMS*210, HUMS*211, HUMS*211, HUMS*210H, HUMS*211H, HUMS*224, LACR*210, REG*228