WRIT3315
WRIT 3315 - Writing on Issues of Land and the Environment (3 Cr.) Arts/Humanities, Diversity and Soc Justice US
Writing Studies Department (10994)
TCLA - College of Liberal Arts
WRIT 3315 - Writing on Issues of Land and the Environment (3 Cr.) Arts/Humanities, Diversity and Soc Justice US
Course description
This course explores how written texts help shape understandings of the land in the U.S. Students read and analyze historical texts that have contributed to colonialist understandings of nature and the land. Students will study how the rhetorical strategies of such texts helped to form exploitive relations with the land and enact violence against indigenous peoples. Historical and current texts written by native peoples provide a counter-narrative to the myth of progress. Emphasis in the course is placed on analyzing texts with an eye toward setting the ground for conversations aimed at achieving sustainability and justice. Students will also study how written texts are composed within material contexts that contribute to their understanding.
Minimum credits
3
Maximum credits
3
Is this course repeatable?
No
Grading basis
AFV - A-F or Audit
Discussion
Requirements
000595
This course fulfills the following Liberal Education requirement(s)
Arts/Humanities, Race, Power, and Justice in the United States
Fulfills the writing intensive requirement?
No
Typically offered term(s)
Every Spring