eng3wce writing, culture and ecology

WRITING, CULTURE AND ECOLOGY

ENG3WCE

2020

Credit points: 15

Subject outline

This subject asks how writing has shaped relationships between 'culture' and 'nature' from the beginning of the Anthropocene in the late 1700s to the present. You will explore key literary scenes that have dramatically reimagined 'nature', 'the environment', and the future of life: from the poetry of untameable nature produced alongside the mass urbanisation of the Industrial Revolution; to the mode of ecological polemic that coincides with the rise of environmentalism as a political movement in the 1960s and 70s; to Indigenous story-telling as a caring for country through the violence of settler colonization; to writing in our present moment, with an awareness of what to many seems a foreshortened future. Literature has not always been a benign force in the relationships between people and the more-than-human world; what role does it have in understanding and storying the present and future of that relationship?

SchoolHumanities and Social Sciences

Credit points15

Subject Co-ordinatorAlexis Harley

Available to Study Abroad/Exchange StudentsYes

Subject year levelYear Level 3 - UG

Exchange StudentsNo

Available as ElectiveNo

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Capstone subjectNo

Subject particulars

Subject rules

Prerequisites 60 credit points of level two subjects

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Learning resources

Blade Runner 2049

Resource TypeWeb resource

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AuthorDenis Villeneuve

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PublisherSony Pictures

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Essays, poetry and extracts

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AuthorProvided on LMS

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PublisherLMS

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Silent Spring

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AuthorRachel Carson

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PublisherPenguin

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Things Fall Apart

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AuthorChinua Achebe

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PublisherPenguin

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Ghost River

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AuthorTony Birch

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PublisherU of Queensland P

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The Mushroom at the End of the World: On the Possibility of Life in Capitalist Ruins

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AuthorAnna Lowenhaupt Tsing

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PublisherPrinceton UP

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Career Ready

Career-focusedNo

Work-based learningNo

Self sourced or Uni sourcedN/A

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Graduate capabilities & intended learning outcomes

Graduate Capabilities

COMMUNICATION - Communicating and Influencing

COMMUNICATION - Cultural Intelligence and Global Perspective

DISCIPLINE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS

INQUIRY AND ANALYSIS - Creativity and Innovation

INQUIRY AND ANALYSIS - Critical Thinking and Problem Solving

INQUIRY AND ANALYSIS - Research and Evidence-Based Inquiry

PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL - Adaptability and Self-Management

PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL - Ethical and Social Responsibility

Intended Learning Outcomes

01. Identify key debates in the field of ecocriticism and cultural ecology.

02. Demonstrate understanding of the ways literary texts engage with their literary, biomaterial, political, and historical contexts.

03. Formulate arguments based on critical analysis of a range of texts in environmental literature

04. Reflect critically on the practical and ethical role of literature in communicating ideas about the relationship between societies and environments

Subject options

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Melbourne (Bundoora), 2020, Semester 2, Blended

Overview

Online enrolmentYes

Maximum enrolment sizeN/A

Enrolment informationN/A

Subject Instance Co-ordinatorAlexis Harley

Class requirements

LectureWeek: 31 - 43
One 1.00 hour lecture per week on weekdays during the day from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via face-to-face.

TutorialWeek: 31 - 43
One 1.00 hour tutorial per week on weekdays during the day from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via face-to-face.

Unscheduled Online ClassWeek: 31 - 43
One 1.00 hour unscheduled online class per week on weekdays during the day from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via online.

Assessments

Assessment element	Comments	Category	Contribution	Hurdle	%	ILO*
LMS Workshops: short-answer responses to online tasks (1200 words equivalent)	N/A	N/A	N/A	No	30	SILO1, SILO2
Textual analysis: 1200 words.	N/A	N/A	N/A	No	30	SILO1, SILO2, SILO3
Research project: 1800 words.	N/A	N/A	N/A	No	40	SILO1, SILO2, SILO3, SILO4