ENGLISH 24
(A.K.A. CLIMATE CRISIS 101)
Week #2
Weekly Assignments
Lectures
Lecture #3, Monday, April 8, Kim Stanley Robinson, a New York Times bestselling author and winner of the Hugo, Nebula, and Locus awards, is the most respected cli-fi (climate fiction) novelist writing today.
Watch as a video / Listen to as an audio podcast
Lecture #4, Wednesday, April 10, T. A. Barron, a winner of the Nautilus Award Grand Prize for literature and a range of additional awards, writes, as Terry Tempest Williams has noted “environmental fables for our time” for young adults and children.
Watch as a video / Listen to as an audio podcast
Reading
The Ministry for the Future, Chapters 1-34 (pages 1-142)
Please also watch Ken’s video introducing this reading:
After 1) completing the reading and 2) watching Ken’s short video above, please make your weekly reading comment in Canvas.
Film
Cooked: Survival By Zip Code (streams from Gauchocast).
Content warning: This is another disturbing film. However, unlike First Reformed, which is a work of fiction, Cooked is a documentary about a real event: a heatwave in Chicago where over 700 people died (as well as other disasters, especially those happening slowly, over many years). Hence, it can be pretty graphic at times. If you find this film troubling, that is absolutely fine. Please contact your TA for an alternate assignment.
Please also watch Ken’s video introducing this film:
After 1) watching the film and 2) watching Ken’s short video above, please make your weekly film comment in Canvas.
Comment Deadline
Please note that you must make your two weekly Canvas comments by 11:59pm (PST) on Sunday, April 14 to receive full credit. Details on the commenting process can be found on the main syllabus page.