Literature As a Lens for Climate Change

doi:10.5771/9781498594127

Literature As a Lens for Climate Change

Using Narratives to Prepare the Next Generation

1. Edition 2022

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doi.org/10.5771/9781498594127
ISBN print: 978-1-4985-9411-0
ISBN online: 978-1-4985-9412-7
Lexington, Lanham Lexington, Lanham

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Abstract

Each chapter in this collection offers a practical approach for using literature to engage and empower students to confront aspects of climate crises. Educators from different backgrounds and parts of the world share their experience using novels, short stories, drama, poetry, and nonfiction to help students understand the causes and consequences of climate change as well as how they can contribute to potential solutions.

Schlagworte

Environmental Literature Climate Literacy Climate Science Education

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Preface
1–18 Introduction 1–18
19–52 Chapter 1: “It Wasn’t Us!”: Teaching about Ecocide and the Systemic Causes of Climate Change 19–52
53–76 Chapter 2: Amitav Ghosh and Arundhati Roy on Climate Change: A Pedagogical Approach to Awakening Student Engagement in Ecocriticism 53–76
77–100 Chapter 3: Climate Crisis Confluence, History, and Social Justice: How Race, Place, Privilege, Past, and Present Flow Together in YA Literature 77–100
101–118 Chapter 4: Starting Points for Student Inquiry into Our Relationship with the Environment 101–118
- Notes
- References
119–148 Chapter 5: Foregrounding the Value of Ecocriticism in a South African University Context 119–148
149–170 Chapter 6: These Are the Forgeries of Jealousy: Nature Out of Balance 149–170
171–194 Chapter 7: Raising Environmental Awareness and Language Acquisition through Haiku 171–194
195–212 Chapter 8: Introducing Sustainability Topics with Ursula Le Guin’s “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas” and Richard Powers’s “The Seventh Event” 195–212
213–238 Chapter 9: Developmental Bibliotherapy and Cli-Fi: Helping to Reframe Young People’s Responses to Climate Change 213–238
239–242 Afterword 239–242
243–250 Index 243–250
251–256 About the Editor and Contributors 251–256

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