In "Literature and Environment" we will study texts that are acknowledged as environmental literature and also we will also develop an eco-critical sensibility that enables us to read all literature from an environmentally conscious point of view. Over the semester we will learn a vocabulary of critical terms that enable us to do this, as well as learn to think of existing literary-critical terms in a more eco-conscious way. We will explore the ethical implications of eco-critical reading, the responsibility that humans have toward nature and each other as cohabitants of one planet. We will look at poetry, fiction, and essayistic prose.