Literary Studies for a Sustainable Future An Introductory Course with Social Justice and Ecocriticism Intersections Lisette Espinoza Vazquez

Welcome, Students and Educators! -- Author's Biography -- Textbox Guide -- Guiding Principles & Outcomes -- How to Approach Literature for Success -- Ecocriticism -- Icebreaker Questions to Begin this Course -- Book’s General Highlights -- Part 1: Sustainability in Sumerian & Indigenous Oral Traditions -- A Preview of Part One -- A Review of Key Concepts and Terms in Introduction of Part One -- Chapter One: On How the Ancient Hymn Intersects with Gender & Inequality -- Chapter One: Assignments and Readings -- Chapter Two: On Indigenous Storytelling Traditions & Sustainability -- Chapter Two: Assignments and Readings -- Chapter Three: On the Epic with Sustainable Communities & Climate Action Intersections -- Chapter Three: Assignments and Readings -- The Epic of Gilgamesh -- The Popol Vuh -- Part 2: Ecocriticism in Folklore & Dramatic Satire -- A Preview of Part Two -- Chapter Four: Greek and Roman Folklore: How Do Fables Intersect with Sustainability Goals Life on Land and Quality Education? -- Chapter Four: Assignments and Readings -- Chapter Five: On Mythology As Adaptation and Gender & Justice Intersections -- Chapter Five: Assignments and Readings -- Chapter Six: On Arabian Nights & Gender Equality Intersections -- Chapter Six: Assignments and Readings -- The Arabian Nights Entertainments -- Part 3: UNSDG Intersections with Poetry & Shakespeare -- Chapter Seven: Sustainability Intersections & Early Modern English Theater -- Chapter Seven: Assignments and Readings -- Chapter Eight: Lyrical Poetry & Poetic Fragments of Greek Poet Sappho & Intersections with Reducing Inequality, Gender Equality, Sustainable Communities, & Decent Work -- Chapter Eight: Assignments and Readings -- Chapter Nine On Late Medieval European Revisionism & Gender Equality -- Chapter Nine: Assignments and Readings -- Chapter Ten The Conclusion of an Introduction to Literary Studies with Sustainability Intersections -- Chapter Ten: Assignments and Readings -- Bibliography

Literary Studies for a Sustainable Future: An Introductory Course with Social Justice and Ecocriticism Intersections is a university literature textbook that offers a sampling of the vast array of storytelling and literary traditions from around the world. Led by course outcomes, the book’s readings, activities, and assignments aim to establish a 21st century framework. Novice literary scholars establish correlations between local and regional literature with those from distant lands on relevant concerns and topics, like those outlined by the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Through songs and folklore, film clips, poetry, myth, storytelling, and satirical theater, its chapters feature key literary texts and terms to present literature as vital community-sustaining cultural expressions. Learners witness the roles literature have on climate, ecology, and social justice challenges.

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In English.

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