With opportunities to develop relevant theoretical lenses, the course explores via those tools a selection of literary, cinematic, and journalistic representations of the Andes, the Amazon region, and the Galápagos. This course is offered in the Global Environmental Challenges in Ecuador semester course. Three basic criteria determine the course selections: 1) texts that could be classified as eco-literature and that treat Andean, Amazonian, or Galapagoan environmental themes; 2) from Andean, Amazonian, and Galapagoan texts that are not necessarily classifiable as eco-literature, fragments that are centered on environmental issues; and 3) in both previous criteria, special effort is made to select fiction, poetry, essays, media, and cultural products that represent themes and debates students encounter in the two environmental studies courses of the program.
Prerequisites: SPAN 302 or SPAN 305 or SPAN 309 or permission of instructor