Cli-Fi- Climate Change Literature

Cli-Fi- Climate Change Literature Teaching Module Teaching modules to learn about climate change science and climate change literature by analysing and interpreting data and by performing rhetorical analyses of climate change literature.“The module is designed to be completed in introductory natural science classes where literature is not typically included as well as in humanities classes […]

Amitav Ghosh on Literary Fiction

Amitav Ghosh on Literary Fiction Video Video lectures by Amitav Ghosh, author of ‘The Great Derangement: Fiction, History, and Politics in the Age of Global Warming’ as part of a 4 part lecture series delivered at the University of Chicago’s Randy L. & Melvin R. Berlin Family Lectures. In this set of two video lectures, […]

Climate Change in Literary Fiction

Climate Change in Literary Fiction Reading An article by Amitav Ghosh, author of ‘The Great Derangement: Climate Change and the Unthinkable’ in The Guardian that discusses the lack of climate change in fictional writing. The author discusses the evolution of the narrative in novels and why fiction writers have been resistant to include the topic […]

How to Read and Analyze Poetry

How to Read and Analyze Poetry Overview As a High School English Language teacher, you can use this lesson plan to teach your students how to read and analyze poetry and to use these techniques to examine climate related poems. In this lesson plan, students will be taught how to read poetry and identify elements […]

Literary Analysis using Climate Fiction (Cli-Fi)

Literary Analysis using Climate Fiction (Cli-Fi) Overview As a High School and Undergraduate Humanities teacher in English, you can use this lesson plan to teach literary analysis of a novel (climate fiction). The recently recognized literary genre of ‘Cli-Fi’ is a valuable means by which students can engage with key concepts of climate change and […]

Climate Fiction “Hermie”- A Case of Climate Change

Climate Fiction “Hermie”- A Case of Climate Change Overview Overview As a high school  or undergraduate English Literature teacher, you can use this climate fiction short story to teach literary analysis of fiction through narrative strategies such as dialogue, chronology, and descriptive richness as used in a short story, the use of figures of speech […]

The Environmental Humanities The Great Derangement Climate Change and the Unthinkable by Amitav Ghosh

The Environmental Humanities: ‘The Great Derangement: Climate Change and the Unthinkable’ by Amitav Ghosh Overview Overview As an Undergraduate Humanities (Cultural Studies; Literature; History) teacher, you can use this lesson plan as part of a course in Environmental Geography, Environmental History, General Criticism and Critical Theory. ‘The Great Derangement: Climate Change and the Unthinkable’, by […]