Course Code & Number
ELL 313
Course Title
Introduction to Environmental Humanities
Credit Hours/ ECTS Credits
(3+0+0) 3 TEDU Credits, 5 ECTS Credits
Mode of Delivery:
Face-to-face
Language of Instruction:
English
Pre-requisite / Co-requisite::
Pre-requisites: NONE
Co-requisites: NONE
Catalog Description
Introduction to the theoretical background of environmental humanities and its historical and philosophical roots. Analysis of selected theoretical, literary, and visual texts.
Course Objectives
This course traces the sub-discipline of ecocriticism from its roots in literary criticism of nature writing to its emergence as a self-reflective and distinctive form of literary and cultural criticism. The main objective of this course is to create environmental awareness and familiarize the students with pressing ecological problems.
Course Learning Outcomes
- To analyse creative representations of human relationships with the non-human world
- To compare environmental literary texts from a range of periods, with attention to their contexts and their formal qualities
- To consider issues of environmentalism and sustainability from cultural, historical, and ethical perspectives
- To recognise how the present-day landscapes and cultures of the British and Irish islands have been shaped by long- term ecological and political processes
Learning Activities and Teaching Methods:
Telling/Explaining
Discussion/Debate
Questioning
Reading
Oral Presentations/Reports
Brainstorming
Assessment Methods and Criteria:
Test / Exam
Quiz
Presentation (Oral/Poster)
Assessment Methods and Criteria Others:
Learning Activities and Teaching Methods Others:
Course Coordinator:
Taner Can
Student Workload:
| Workload |
Hrs |
| Course Readings |
40 |
| Exams/Quizzes |
35 |
| Oral Presentation |
15 |
Course & Program Learning Outcome Matching:
