Contemporary Writing and Climate Crisis

Cod y Modiwl
EN21120
Teitl y Modiwl
Contemporary Writing and Climate Crisis
Blwyddyn Academaidd
2026/2027
Semester
Semester 2
Cyd-gysylltydd y Modiwl
Dr Neal Alexander
Rhestr Ddarllen
Gweld ar Aspire
Staff Eraill sy'n Cyfrannu
Dr Alice Vernon
Dr Gavin Goodwin
Dr Jacqueline Yallop
Professor Tim Woods
Professor Louise Marshall
Dr Tasha Alden
Dr Katy Birch
Dr Luke Thurston

Dulliau Asesu

Math o Asesiad

Manylion Asesiad

Cyfran
Asesiad Semester Comparative essay: 3000 Words 100%
Asesiad Ailsefyll Comparative essay: 3000 Words 100%

Canlyniadau Dysgu

Wedi cwblhau'r modiwl dylai'r myfyrwyr fedru:

  1. Demonstrate an understanding of the distinctive thematic concerns that characterise contemporary literature in an era of climate crisis.
  2. Locate and discuss contemporary texts in terms of their historical, political, social, and cultural contexts.
  3. Display awareness of some of the key formal innovations of literary texts that seek to respond to climate crisis and issues of environmental justice.
  4. Examine the ways in which issues of class, gender, and/or race intersect with environmental concerns in contemporary writing.
  5. Write about literary texts from a range of genres in a critically-focused and well-structured manner.

Disgrifiad cryno

This module introduces students to a wide range of contemporary literary texts that respond to climate crisis and issues of environmental justice. Covering poetry, novels, short stories, and non-fiction prose, the module is deliberately global in scope, considering writing from Britain, North America, and West Africa. Part of the purpose of the module is to examine the various strategies that writers have employed in an effort to make climate crisis imaginable and comprehensible to readers, whilst also acknowledging the challenges that such immense processes and events pose to aesthetic representation. Some of the topics that the module will cover include: climate scepticism and denial; fossil fuels and consumerism; environmental pollution and climate justice; storms and floods; arctic landscapes; human and non-human communities.

Cynnwys

​Seminar 1: Introduction

Seminar 2: Arctic Landscapes - [Lopez/Kolbert*]

Seminar 3: Fossil fuels 1 [Stephen Collis*]

Seminar 4: Fossil fuels 2 [Ben Okri* / Ken Saro-Wiwa*]

Seminar 5: Climate science 1 [McEwan]

Seminar 6: Climate science 2 [McEwan]

Seminar 7: Storms [Ward]

Seminar 8: Storms [Ward]

Seminar 9: Climate Futures [Sarah Hall]

Seminar 10: Climate Futures [Sarah Hall]

*These texts will be digitized and made available via the module’s Aspire Reading List.

Sgiliau Modiwl

Math o Sgiliau

Manylion Sgiliau
Cyfathrebu Oral communication skills in seminar discussions and group exercises; written communication skills via two assessed essays.
Datblygu personol a chynllunio gyrfa ​Development of key transferable skills in research, written and oral communication.
Datrys Problemau Through in-class exercises as well as research, writing, and presentation skills employed in completing assignments.
Gwaith Tim Group work and discussion exercises in seminars.
Gwella dysgu a pherfformiad ei hun Through reflection on how novel concepts or modes of interpretation can enhance critical understanding.
Rhifedd Accurate reading of student timetables and time-measuring devices (e.g. watches, alarm clocks).
Sgiliau pwnc penodol Writing skills, critical reflection, and conceptual knowledge in key fields of literary study.
Sgiliau ymchwil Independent and directed research for seminar preparation and work towards summative assessment.
Technoleg Gwybodaeth Through use of Blackboard, research using online databases, and word processing skills to complete and submit essay assignments.

Nodau

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