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Thanks Pamela; I’ve never looked at that journal, but will check it out!
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Here’s just one feature that stuck with me. Orion is primarily a nature/environmental journal with some great contributors. I often use their search function to look for articles relevant to whatever subject I’m dealing with. Thanks for sharing the syllabus!
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Ecocriticism and Environmental Humanities on MLA Commons 10 years, 11 months agoI’ve taught this syllabus twice, with remarkable results: it’s an upper-level undergraduate seminar that ranges through a variety of texts as well as a bunch of films and supplementary essays or articles. In practice, it also includes fairly extensive use of images in powerpoints (at least one whole unit on artistic representations of animals,…[Read more]
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I enjoyed looking at your syllabus. I am currently teaching a course called Daoism and the Environment which takes as it6s foundation the interconnectedness of all nature based in Chinese philosophy. Have you ever considered using articles from the Orion Journal? They have had some excellent articles on animals and human interaction with animals.
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Thanks Pamela; I’ve never looked at that journal, but will check it out!
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Here’s just one feature that stuck with me. Orion is primarily a nature/environmental journal with some great contributors. I often use their search function to look for articles relevant to whatever subject I’m dealing with. Thanks for sharing the syllabus!
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Thanks Karen, very interesting.
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Karen L. Raber replied to the topic Syllabi in the discussion
Ecocriticism and Environmental Humanities on MLA Commons 10 years, 11 months agoThanks Jeffrey–Lowell’s thoughts are EXACTLY on target, and his suggestions in the discussion at the end are incredibly helpful even if we expand them to non-Shakespearean texts (although I feel the seductive pull of Lear and Prospero even as I say this . . .).
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Karen L. Raber replied to the topic Syllabi in the discussion
Ecocriticism and Environmental Humanities on MLA Commons 10 years, 11 months agoYes indeed: I’m trying to come up with one for this coming fall for advanced undergrads on the nonhuman in early modern literature/culture. It’s proving more complicated to choose primary texts than I thought, since I’m trying to get away from my usual over-reliance on Shakespeare. Will check back in case anyone has suggestions . . . . and po…[Read more]
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