Information Package / Course Catalogue
Green Studies in Literature II
Course Code: İDE308
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: English
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 0
Credit: 2
Lab: 0
ECTS: 5
Objectives of the Course

The aim of this course is to enable the student to gain the knowledge, skills and competence required to analyse and discuss literary works from ecocritical perspectives and develop an ecological awareness, and to offer solutions concerning the current environmental problems in order to increase such awareness in social and cultural discourses.

Course Content

Nature wiritings included in Ecocriticism, which is among the contemporary movements of thought will be read and analyzed with references to literature.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Lec. Baturay ERDAL
Learning Outcomes
1.The student summarize the theoretical development of ecocritism as interdisciplinary fields of study
2.Recite and judge the historical, social, political, cultural, ethical and literary dynamics which have led to anthropocentric literary analysis
3.Increase his/her ecological awareness through examining literary works particularly focused on nature and natural environment
4.Articulate the relationship between literature and nature drawing upon empirical data
5.Evaluate selected texts through object-oriented reading in a non-anthropocentric manner
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Glotfelty, Cheryll and Harold Fromm (1996). The Ecocriticism Reader: Landmarks in Literary Ecology. Georgia: The University of Georgia Press.
2.Buell, Lawrence (2001). Writing for an Endangered World: Literature, Culture and Environment in the U.S and Beyond. Cambridge and London: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press.
3.Buell, Lawrence (2005). The Future of Environmental Criticism: Environmental Crisis and Literary Imagination. Malden: Blackwell.
4.Garrard, Greg (2004). Ecocriticism. New York: Routledge. Garrard, Greg (2004). Ecocriticism. New York: Routledge.
5.Sessions, George (1995). Deep Ecology for the Twenty-First Century. Boston: Shambhala Publications.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
An evaluation on ecocritical literary analysis: What questions does an eco-critic ask?
Week 2 - Theoretical
An ecocritical approach to Rachel Carson's Silent Spring
Week 3 - Theoretical
An ecocritical approach to Rachel Carson's Silent Spring
Week 4 - Theoretical
Woman and nature in John Fowles's The Collector
Week 5 - Theoretical
Woman and nature in John Fowles's The Collector
Week 6 - Theoretical
Human, earth and nature in Cormac McCarthy's The Road
Week 7 - Theoretical
Deconstructing Anthropocentric Ideology in A History of the World in Chapters by Julian Barnes
Week 8 - Theoretical
Deconstructing Anthropocentric Ideology in A History of the World in Chapters by Julian Barnes
Week 9 - Theoretical
An Ecocritical Analysis of the film adaptation of David Mitchell's Cloud Atlas
Week 10 - Theoretical
An Ecocritical Analysis of the film adaptation of David Mitchell's Cloud Atlas
Week 11 - Theoretical
Nature Writing and Turkish Literature: Ecological images and topics in the novel Son Ada
Week 12 - Theoretical
Nature Writing and Turkish Literature: Ecological images and topics in the novel Son Ada
Week 13 - Theoretical
A comparative analysis of the previous works: Green Studies in English, American and Turkish Literature
Week 14 - Theoretical
General Evaluation
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory143270
Assignment18513
Individual Work62224
Midterm Examination1628
Final Examination16410
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)125
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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OÇ-1
4
5
4
5
4
5
4
5
4
5
4
4
OÇ-2
5
5
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4
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3
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5
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4
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4
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4
5
5
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5
5
4
4
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4
5
4
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026