Engl
3050 Literature and the Environment, Spring 2020
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last update: January 9, 2020
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1 Study Guide--posted March 3
The exam will be held on Monday, March 9
Course and Instructor
English 3050 Literature and the Environment, Monday and Wednesday, 1:40-3pm,
Burleson 304
Instructor: Dr. Kevin O'Donnell, http://faculty.etsu.edu/odonnell/
odonnell@etsu.edu 423 439-6679
Office: Burleson Hall 313
Spring 2020 Office Hours: Mon and
Weds 11:30am-12:25pm; Tues 12:45-3:35pm
Texts
- Sam Kean, editor. The
Best American Science and Nature Writing 2018. Mariner Books, 2018. $15.99. ISBN:
978-1328987808
- Barbara Kingsolver. Flight Behavior: A Novel.
Harper Perennial 2013 (2012). $16.99. ISBN: 0062124277
- Bill McKibben, editor. American Earth: Environmental
Writing Since Thoreau. Library of America, 2008. $40.00. ISBN: 1598530208
- Bill McKibben. The
End of Nature. Random House, 2006 (1989). $16.00. ISBN: 0812976088
- Ron Rash. Serena: A Novel. Ecco, 2009 (2008).
$14.99. ISBN: 0061470848
- Erik Reece. Field Work: Modern Poems from Eastern
Forests. University Press of Kentucky, 2008. $19.95. ISBN: 0813124971
- Earl Swift. Chesapeake
Requiem: A Year with the Watermen of Vanishing Tangier Island. Dey St.,
2018. $28.99 (that's the hardcover list price; paperback will be available on
Feb. 18, 2020). ISBN: 978-0062661395
Final Grade Breakdown
- Two exams
(15% each): 30%
- Multimedia
Project: 30%
- Essay Based on Personal Experience/ Observation--1000-2000 wds: 30%
- Ungraded assignments--reading response memos; drafts; interim deadlines,
etc.: 10%
Attendance, Due Dates
Attendance: The Department of Literature and Language official policy:
More than 6 absences and you fail the course. I will strive to make the classes
worth your time, so please try to be there.
Due Dates:
In general, I do not accept late work. However, if there are extenuating
circumstances, talk to me. I am happy to make accomodations. If you must miss a
class during which a major assignment is due, then email me the essay ahead of
time; also then bring a hard copy to the following class meeting.