DANCE 45 Lecture : Engl 22
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It"s a methodology similar to marxist or femenistic. It"s like approaching a book through the femenistic pov. Text is generated by and of the culture. To understand how americans attitude towards environment has developed we look at history. The issues of the environments have all been all portrayed as controversial in western literature for hundreds of years. Environmental critics explore all genres of lit from environmental perspective. Reflects the question we all askwhat do we want? a good life. Inturn exploits other humans and planet resources. Consumption of earth"s resources is widely promoted in pop culture. Our attitude towards the environments isn"t born within us, it"s constructed. By environment we mean any sort, wilderness or built. Environmental critics don"t just focus on nature writing . Half the population lives in build environment. Ecology suggest all life on earth is connected. Ecology means the literal study of household. Literary approach in the from of a cultural historical analysis is uniquely useful.
