Faculty First Year Seminars 191ENG10 - Big News: Narratives on Climat

The Guardian newspaper describes climate change as ?The Greatest Story Ever Told.? It is not surprising that the British newspaper should cast the unfolding threat of climate change through the lens of a ?story.? If we think about it, climate change has been cast as an environmental problem with economic, political and scientific solutions. However, as the renowned geographer Mike Hulme pointed out: ?Science may be solving the mysteries of climate, but it is not helping us discover the meaning of climate change.? In this exciting class we will read short stories and essays that engage with the big questions of environment, weather and climate. We will also watch some short documentaries and analyze some groundbreaking artworks. Through our discussions we will demonstrate the important role that writers and artists play in helping us understand and conceptualize issues of climate that are often too large, open-ended and multi-generational to comprehend.

Freshmen Only