This module explores early notions of borders and limits between the human and the environment, geographical behaviour, philosophical encounters with the sublime, and the role of the virtual landscape in our recent years. Part B will focus on the notion of the environment and its various representations from the modern period to the 21st century. These topics will be examined through a close-reading perspective by analysing a broad range of key texts, artistic artefacts and visual materials which will form the subject for seminar discussion.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the module students should be able to:
Demonstrate a sound understanding of the issues surrounding critical and scholarly literature and debates about the relationship between human communities and their environment;
Demonstrate a broad knowledge of said issues and their changes over time and across- cultures;
Engage with and analyse critically a range of texts, artefacts, historical events, buildings and visual art which exemplify and foreground the relation between the human and the environment;
Attain a satisfactory level of knowledge of the main critical theories as studied in key scholarly debates related to the notions of environment and the human.