Topics in Modern/Contemporary Canadian Literature I - Climate Fiction in Canada
- ENGL 200 / 6.0
- ENGL 290 / 3.0
- A minimum GPA of 2.3 in 9.0 units of ENGL
We will discuss contemporary texts written in Canada that discuss the physical, political, social, and cultural impacts of climate change on specific Canadian regions and populations. While the focus will be on the Canadian context, as the crisis affects Canada in unique ways, we will consider diverse and wide-ranging responses to climate change in a variety of modes and genres. As the texts demonstrate, the discussion of climate emergency is inseparable from issues of social and racial justice. The texts ultimately appeal for a necessary cultural shift to save a world in peril.
**This course is repeatable for credit under different topic titles.
About Repeatable Courses
With repeatable courses, the course number (e.g., ENGL 466) is repeatable, but the topic is not. You can take as many topics as you like under the same course number, but you can only take each individual topic once.
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Assessments
Grading Components
- Attendance/Participation (15% of final grade)
- An oral close/critical reading presentation of a passage from one of the texts (10%)
- Three 950 to 1000-word critical reflections (25% each)