1. Literary Theory and Methodology Session Four: Green Reading

2. Agenda Summary Green reading and ecocriticism: an introduction Wordsworth, ”Tintern Abbey”

3. Summary: key oppositions Literary theory Postcolonialist theories Gay, lesbian, and queer theories

4. Literary theory: key oppositions Theory and literature Theory --------- literature Literature ------------ theory Literature-theory

5. Postcolonialist theories: key oppositions Western – non-western The Occident – the Orient White – black Center – periphery

6. Gay, lesbian, and queer theories: key oppositions Heterosexuality – homosexuality Normal – queer

7. Green reading and ecocriticism: an introduction Culture – nature Human – non-human Rationality, reason – animality, nature

8. Green reading and ecocriticism: an introduction Mind – body Reason – emotion Freedom – necessity

9. Green reading and ecocriticism: an introduction Civilised – primitive Master – slave

10. Green reading and ecocriticism: an introduction Male – female

11. Green reading and ecocriticism: an introduction A continuum of related ideas Culture Nature Male female Civilised primitive Mind body

12. Green reading and ecocriticism: an introduction O my America! My new-found land, My kingdom, safliest when with one man manned, My mine of precious stones, my empery, How blest I am in this discovering thee! (John Donne, ”Elegy XIX. Going to Bed”, ll. 25-30)

13. Green reading and ecocriticism: an introduction Nature on the agenda: Global warming Deforrestation Pollution Decimation of species Animal rights

14. Green reading and ecocriticism: an introduction What does nature have to do with literature and art and how?

15. Green reading and ecocriticism: an introduction ”the study of the relationship between literature and the physical environment” (Cheryll Glotfelty) ”the study of explicitly environmental texts by way of any scholarly approach or, conversely, the scrutiny of ecological implications and human-nature relationships in any literary text, even texts that seem, at first glance, oblivious of the nonhuman world” (Scott Slovic)

16. Green reading and ecocriticism: an introduction ”a person who judges the merits and faults of writings that depict the effects of culture upon nature with a view toward celebrating nature, berating its despoilers, and reversing their harm through political action” (William Howarth)