Literature
and the Environment, Spring 2012
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last update: February 12, 2012
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SPECIAL: STUDY
GUIDE FOR EXAM 2, POSTED Thurs 4-19 ***
Course and Instructor
English 3050 Literature and the Environment, section 001, MW 1:40-3pm, Burleson
304
This is a writing-intensive
course, and it fullfills a requirement for the Environmental Studies minor.
Instructor: Dr. Kevin O'Donnell, http://faculty.etsu.edu/odonnell/,
odonnell@etsu.edu 423 439-6679
Office: Burleson Hall 313
Spring 2012 Office Hours: TR
10:30-12:30; W 11:30-1:30
Texts
- Freeman Dyson, ed. The Best American Science and Nature Writing
2010. Mariner Books, 2010.
$14.95. ISBN: 0547327846
- Ian McEwan. Solar.
Anchor, 2011. $15.00 ISBN:
0307739538
- Timothy Egan. The Big
Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire That Saved America. Mariner Books, 2010 (2009). $15.95.
ISBN: 0547394608
- Bill McKibben, ed. American
Earth: Environmental Writing Since Thoreau.
Library of America, 2008.
$40.00. ISBN: 1598530208
- Ron Rash. Serena:
A Novel. Ecco, 2008. $24.99.
ISBN: 0061470856
- Erik Reece. Field
Work: Modern Poems from Eastern Forests.
University Press of Kentucky, 2008.
$19.95. ISBN: 9780813124971
Final Grade Breakdown
- Reading quizzes/ reading-writing exercises: 20%
- Two exams
(15% each): 30%
- Essay
1: Essay Based on Personal Experience/ Observation--1000-2000 wds: 20%
- Essay 2: Extended Book Review--1000-2000 wds: 20%
- In-class presentation (on same topic as Essay 2): 5%
- Participation in draft workshops: 5%
Attendance, Due Dates
Attendance: The English Department policy: more than 6 absences
and you fail the course.
Due Dates: I do not accept late work. If you must
miss class on a due date, email your work as an attachment to odonnell@etsu.edu. Then also bring a hard copy to the following
class period.