CRWR 245 - Urgent Nature: Ecopoetics & Nature Poetry

FC ARHU CD WINT

4 credits
The traditional approach to nature and pastoral poetry has been sharply redefined in recent decades as writers reckon with species extinction, environmental degradation, and climate change. In this course, students will read and write poems that examine the complicated relationship between humans and nature. Through discussion, reading, and generative exercises, students will examine their own relationship to the environment while considering how writing can reflect the mysteries of the natural world while ethically advancing environmental awareness.