ESS206

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Nature Writing

Environmental Studies College of Liberal Arts

Course Subject Code

ESS

Course Number

206

Status

Active

Course Attributes

BHUM: GenEd-Breadth/Humanities, CEA: ProgCLA-CEA and Au Pair, DVUS: GenEd-Diversity US, EMES: Major-Environment Sci Elective, EMEV: Major-Env Stu/Sustain Elective, MENV: Major-Env Study/Sustainability, MEVS: Major-Environmental Science, WRIT: GenEd-Writing Intensive, ENEJ: Minor-Environ Justice Elective, ENES: Minor-Environment Stu Elective, NENJ: Minor-Environmental Justice, NENS: Minor-Environmental Studies

Course Short Title

Nature Writing

Course Long Title

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Course Description

Examines key texts in the tradition of writing about the natural world. Focusing on creative non-fiction by twentieth/twenty-first century U.S. writers, as well as some fiction and poetry, specific questions are explored such as: What is "nature"? What is the role of writing in the human relationship with the environment? How do race, gender, and class impact perspectives on nature? Students will have the opportunity to use close reading strategies along with an examination of historical/biographical context to better understand these texts' contributions to nature writing and then write their own creative non-fiction.

Min

4

Repeatable

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Course Restrictions

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Equivalent Course(s)

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