Teaching ecocriticism and green cultural studies / [edited by] Greg Garrard.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Garrard, Greg.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ecocriticism--Study and teaching.

Ecocriticism.

Physical Description:

xiii, 174 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.

Summary:

Environmental crisis is more than a passing phase; it is the modern condition. Thus environmental issues remain controversial and topical, and ecocriticism is one of the most vibrant fields of literary and cultural study today. From its origins in the study of nature writing and Romantic literature, it has extended into every period, region and genre of cultural analysis. Teaching Ecocriticism and Green Cultural Studies captures the diversity and excitement of green reading, including contributions on digital media, film, climate change and digital media. It reflects on the relationship of 'slow reading' to the haste and commercialism of the modern academy, and provides practical guidance for dealing with the specific difficulties that face teachers in the field: the problem of global scale; interdisciplinary links with ecology; and the debilitating attitudes of some students: corrosive irony, scepticism or apathy. It is an invaluable toolkit for teachers in the environmental humanities. Book jacket.

Contents:

Introduction / Greg Garrard

Ecocriticism and the 'Mission of English' / Richard Kerridge

PART I: SCOPING SCALES

Walking in the Weathered World / Adrienne Cassel

Encountering Social-Constructivist Rhetoric / Elizabeth Giddens

Teaching Romantic Ecology in Northern Canada / Kevin Hutchings

Teaching the Ecocriticism/Poco Dialogue / Erin James

PART II: INTERDISCIPLINARY ENCOUNTERS

Literature and Ecology / Louise Westling

Developing a Sense of Planet / Ursula K.Heise

The Return of the Animal / Bart H.Welling and Scottie Kapel

Teaching Culture and Climate Change / Greg Garrard and Hayden Gabriel

PART III: GREEN CULTURAL STUDIES

Teaching Green Cultural Studies and New Media / Anthony Lioi

Teaching Ecocriticism and Cinema / Adrian Ivakhiv

Practicing Deconstruction in an Age of Ecological Emergency / Timothy Morton.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780230235038

0230235034

OCLC:

748328726

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