CPLT 119: Ecopoetics Against War

2026-27

Units: 4

Hours: Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 3 hours

Catalog page 249

Prerequisites: restricted to class level standing of junior, or senior; or consent of instructor

Description: Examines literature from the Asias / Global South to discuss ecopoetics in a time of war. Focuses on recent literary and theoretical texts to understand how war intersects with contemporary environmental problems such as toxicity, nuclearization, extractive industrialization, and enclosure. Course materials in English.

Cross-listing: Cross-listed with SEAS 119.