ESS206
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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Equivalent Course(s)
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