CHL 438 Greening of Children's & Young Adult Literature
Grounded in literary analysis and respect for the earth, ecocriticism is a way to respond to global injustices and accelerating climate crisis. It asks, what is the role of the humanities in addressing environmental issues and in forming possible solutions? To answer, this course will build a theoretical foundation for ecocriticism as it applies to children's and young adult literature. Drawing from a diverse range of voices and texts (e.g., The Lorax, The Birchbark House, The Hunger Games, The Hate U Give), we will work to decenter dominant paradigms, which privilege (white) human life above all other nature, by troubling ideas of what constitutes wilderness, consciousness, agency, and growth.
Prerequisite
None