{"id":1229,"date":"2019-02-05T17:34:53","date_gmt":"2019-02-05T17:34:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/live-hiltner-english-ucsb-edu-v05.pantheonsite.io\/?page_id=1229"},"modified":"2019-02-10T03:39:41","modified_gmt":"2019-02-10T03:39:41","slug":"eng-236-fall-2015","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hiltner.english.ucsb.edu\/index.php\/eng-236-fall-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Eng 236, Fall 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Eng 236, Fall 2015<\/em><\/p>\n

Theories of Literature and the Environment<\/em><\/p>\n

Environmental criticism, also known as ecocriticism and \u201cgreen\u201d criticism (especially in the UK), is a rapidly emerging field of literary study that will be crucially important in upcoming decades, especially as our present environmental crisis unfortunately worsens. In the first half of this course we will explore how the relationship between human beings and the environment has been imagined in the West, especially as it appears in the works of Heraclitus, Anaximander, Thales, Plato, Aristotle, Lucretius, Epictetus, Aurelius, Augustine, Aquinas, Montaigne, Hobbes, Descartes, Locke, Montesquieu, Rousseau, Kant, Mill, Hegel, Marx, Darwin, James, Husserl, Heidegger, Merleau-Ponty, Arendt, Levinas, Foucault, Patocka, Derrida, and Agamben. Withal, we will be considering how these attitudes toward the environment influenced writers such as Theocritus, Virgil, Shakespeare, Milton, Thomson, Wordsworth, Thoreau, and so forth. The second half of the course will consider works from modern ecocritics (beginning in the 1960s and \u201970s with Lynn White Jr., Leo Marx, Carolyn Merchant, Keith Thomas, and Raymond Williams, and ending with the ongoing explosion of interest in the field in the 21st century) with an eye to directly applying this theory to the reading of texts.<\/p>\n

\u201cPlease rate the overall quality of the instructor\u2019s teaching\u201d<\/p>\n

Average rating: 4.7 of 5\u00a0(\u2663\u2663\u2663\u2663\u2663 Excellent; \u2663\u2663\u2663\u2663\u00a0Very Good; \u2663\u2663\u2663\u00a0Good; \u2663\u2663\u00a0Fair; \u2663\u00a0Poor)<\/p>\n

\u2663\u2663\u2663\u2663\u2663 Great intro to the field and Ken was extremely knowledgeable and accessible. Very glad I took this course during my grad career here. Perhaps a few less readings, just because there were some that got cut off- maybe more of a representative sampling?<\/p>\n

\u2663\u2663\u2663\u2663\u2663 This is my first time to study about the Environmental critique, Ken\u2019s explanation on them are very helpful for me to get knowledge about them. Thank you!<\/p>\n

\u2663\u2663\u2663\u2663\u2663 Completely amazed with Professor Hiltner\u2019s breadth of knowledge and ability to further develop every comment or insight provided. Course was a bit daunting at times but very informative.<\/p>\n

\u2663\u2663\u2663\u2663\u2663 Excellent command of the ecocritical landscape and of the history of literary criticism. Thoughtful, truly integrates student observation into his own responses. All in all a very generous scholar.<\/p>\n

\u2663\u2663\u2663\u2663 Excellent course \u2013 great readings and discussion. In the future, I would want fewer readings (mainly to give us time to thoroughly discuss all of them, rather than rushing through them during class) and slightly more organization\/structure to the lectures\/discussions. Thank you!<\/p>\n

\u2663\u2663\u2663\u2663 The breadth and scope and organization of this course make it very exciting, and Dr. Hiltner is a supportive and at times awe-inspiring seminar leader, but depth was unfortunately sacrificed for mastery. The best version of this course, I believe, would cut the reading load by one third, and demand more engagement with individual readings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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