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\nErnest Thompson Seton. Wild Animals I Have Known. (selections available online)
\nEdward Abbey. Desert Solitaire.
\nJanisse Ray. Ecology of a Cracker Childhood.
\nMargaret Atwood. Oryx and Crake.
\nAmitav Ghosh. The Hungry Tide.
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\n“All ecological criticism shares the fundamental premise that human culture is connected to the physical world, affecting it and affected by it.” Cheryll Glotfelty, The Ecocriticism Reader. ","Order":6},{"ID":"8e5f053b-8835-4692-be49-41f07234cfff","Title":"Assessment","Description":"
\n\t\t\t\tEcocriticism Discussion Paper (5 pages) —20% \n\t\t\t\tPresentation——25% \n\t\t\t\tFinal Paper— 15 pages--40% \n\t\t\t\tParticipation—(in class writing, discussion, preparation, consultation, etc)—15% | \n\t\t