Feb 19, 2025  
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AUENG 368 - Ecofeminist Theory & Women’s Writing


Course Career Undergraduate
Units 3
Approved Hours 3-0-0
Fee index 6
Faculty Augustana Faculty
Department AU Fine Arts
Typically Offered either term

Description
Study of women’s writing about nature and environment focusing on various themes relevant to environmental literature, primarily the various ways that the natural world is represented in literature, and the relationship between cultural constructions of nature and cultural constructions of gender, class, race, and sexuality. Works include fiction, poetry, and/or nonfiction. An introduction to several ecofeminist theorists provides a critical framework for exploring images and themes in women’s environmental literature. Prerequisites: AUENG 102. Note: Credit may be obtained for only one of AUENG 268 (2021), 368, AUENV 268 (2021), 368.