A.In this section please choose two works from first semester and two works from second semester in your answers. Please do notchoose texts on which you have written your essays or done your close readings.
1. Discuss at least two of the required cultural works from this course (novels, short stories, poems, art work, etc) in relation to climate change and the arts of noticing and angling. Explain why the two works you have selected are helpful, or not helpful, with respect to climate change studies. Compare and contrast their merits and/or drawbacks in this context. Answers should be approx. ~350 words.
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2. Discuss two of the required cultural works from this (novels, short stories, poems, art work etc) in relation to climate change and the arts of time and angling. Explain why the two works you have selected are helpful, or not helpful, with respect to climate change studies. Compare and contrast their merits and/or drawbacks in this context. Answers should be approx. ~350 words.
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B.In this section please do not choose texts on which you have written your essays or done your close readings. Do not repeat cultural works from your answers in the Section A.
2. Choose any three additional texts and select a paragraph or line from each text. Situate that paragraph or line in the context of the text as a whole. Discuss its importance to climate change studies while also illustrating your close reading skills. Answers should be approx. 350 words total—roughly 100-125 words for each passage. The passages do not have to be related to each other.
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