School of Humanities \ English Language and Literature
Course Credit
ECTS Credit
Course Type
Instructional Language
Programs that can take the course
This course provides students with the ability to think critically and analyze texts. With an interdisciplinary approach, literature and exemplifies the relationship between environment.
Textbook and / or References
Garrard, G. Ecocriticism. Routledge, 2004.
Howarth, W. "Some Principles of Ecocriticism." The Ecocriticism Reader, U of Georgia P, 1996.
Sturgeon, N. Ecofeminist Natures: Race, Gender, Feminist Theory, and Political Action. Routledge, 1997.
This course aims to introduce students to the theory of ecocriticism, which has developed rapidly in recent years. Human-environment relationship, non-human beings, the relationship between humans and the environment and the causes and consequences of these relationships literary texts is discussed. The power system constructed with an anthropocentric approach and the destructive consequences of this system as well as new systems to be established with the principle of sustainability are the main topics to be discussed through the texts.
1. Understanding ecocriticism as an interdisciplinary field of study
2. To understand the relationship between feminism and environmental studies
3. To analyze the approach to the environment in literary works
4. Critical approach to anthropocentrism
Week 1: Introduction: Definition and basic concepts of ecocriticism: culture-nature, human-nature, anthropocentrism, biocentrism
Week 2: Barry, P. "Ecocriticism: Ecocriticism or Green Studies?" in Beginning Theory: An Introduction to Literary and Cultural Theory. & S. Oppermann, "Ecocriticism: Natural World in the Literary Viewfinder."
Week 3: First and Second Wave Ecocriticism; S. Penn's Into the Wild (movie)
Week 4: S. Penn's Into the Wild & class discussions
Week 5: Ecofeminism: Adrienne Rich's "Diving into the Wreck"
Week 6: Ursula K. Le Guin's Always Coming Home
Week 7: Ursula K. Le Guin's Always Coming Home
Week 8: Postcolonial Ecocriticism: Amitav Ghosh's Gun Island
Week 9: Amitav Ghosh's Gun Island
Week 10: Summer of Climate Change: Ian McEwan's Solar
Week 11: Ian McEwan's Solar
Week 12: Student presentations & Final Review
Tentative Assesment Methods
• Midterm 30 %
• Final 40 %
• Presentation 30 %
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