Knowing Their Place: Two Centuries of Women Generating Wonder in the Natural World
ENVS 272
Spring 2024
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01
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| Crosslisting:
FGSS 272, WRCT 272 |
This seminar will examine the intersection of natural science, women's history, and poetic prose through the writings of Rachel Carson, author of the groundbreaking environmental manifesto Silent Spring, and the women who both preceded and succeeded her. What does it mean to know a landscape or an ecosystem intimately? How does a sense of place become political? How does gender affect perspective on the natural world and environmental stewardship? In addition to Carson, we will read authors including Susan Fenimore Cooper, Mary Treat, Anna Botsford Comstock, Terry Tempest Williams, Robin Wall Kimmerer, Camille Dungy, and Margaret Renkl. Writing assignments will include both textual analysis and personal nature writing. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
NSM ENVS |
| Course Format: Seminar | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Major Requirement for: (ENVS-MN)(ENVS) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: 50% - 74% |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Rachel Carson, Under the Sea Wind, The Sea Around Us, The Edge of the Sea, Silent Spring; Susan Fenimore Cooper, Rural Hours; Mary Treat, Homes Studies in Nature; Mabel Osgood Wright, Birdcraft; Anna Botsford Comstock, Handbook of Nature Study; Terry Tempest Williams, Refuge; Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass; Margaret Renkl, The Comfort of Crows; Camille Dungy, Soil
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Examinations and Assignments:
Weekly reading response; Midterm analytical essay (5-7pp); Final creative nature writing (10-15pp) |
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| Instructor(s): Nimura,Janice P. Times: .M..... 01:20PM-04:10PM; Location: PAC333; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 15 | | SR major: 2 | JR major: 2 | | |
| Seats Available: 0 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 2 | JR non-major: 3 | SO: 4 | FR: 2 |
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