This specialist module investigates how literary texts since the beginning of the nineteenth century have developed ways of writing about the environment. You will be reading in a variety of genres, beginning with Romantic poetry and prose and ending with a prize-winning postmodern 'memoir' by a Canadian tree-planter. You will also explore how writing looks at exploration, extinction, and environmental justice. Texts to be read include a novel that controversially became a key text of eco-activism and essays by recent environmental journalists.
Module Supervisor's Research into Subject Area
Dr Susan Oliver has an international research reputation in Romantic Studies, Transatlantic Studies, and Ecocriticism. She has published journal essays and book chapters especially on forestry and literature, as well as on disease, literature and the environment, and on Romantic environmentalism. Dr. Oliver organises conference sessions on environmentalism and Romantic literature, in Britain and North America. She also lectures internationally on environmental topics. She is Honorary Fellow in Literary Studies at the University of Wyoming and is currently writing a book on Romantic Environments. These research activities directly inform the module. Each seminar will include discussion of a specific research tip to help you develop your own skills.
Module Supervisor's Research into Subject Area
Dr Susan Oliver has an international research reputation in Romantic Studies, Transatlantic Studies, and Ecocriticism. She has published journal essays and book chapters especially on forestry and literature, as well as on disease, literature and the environment, and on Romantic environmentalism. Dr. Oliver organises conference sessions on environmentalism and Romantic literature, in Britain and North America. She also lectures internationally on environmental topics. She is Honorary Fellow in Literary Studies at the University of Wyoming and is currently writing a book on Romantic Environments. These research activities directly inform the module. Each seminar will include discussion of a specific research tip to help you develop your own skills.
- Module Supervisor: Christopher Bundock
- Module Supervisor: Jordan Savage