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Course Description

Summary

What can literature do for the ecological crisis? What does ecological thought do to literature? This course introduces students to ecocriticism: the study of literature through an environmental lens. We will delve into critical themes of environmental thought such as the Anthropocene, decolonialism, and the divisions of life (human/animal/natural/the Other). Materials studied range from a variety of formats (movies, literary fictions, plays, songs, graphic novels, and essays) and may include works by Aimé Césaire, Vinciane Despret, Jessica Oublié, Maboula Soumahoro, and Malcom Ferdinand. Thinking about the environmental crisis students are encouraged to engage with ideas and representations of the human, philosophical reflections on relation, and speculative fictions. Intermediate-high level. Conducted in French.