Eco-criticism Homework

For Eco-critics the earth is seen as being _______ to literary readings,

Texts are read in relation to the ecological ______ they show.

Ecological criticism sees human culture as being crucially connected to the non-human world... we ignore that connection at our _____.

Which decade did Eco-criticism gain momentum?

• early 2000s

• 1990s

• 1980s

• late 2000s

Eco-criticism has its roots in the pastoral tradition and ___________

Which of the following are valid questions to pose when reading through an Eco-critical lens?

• What role does the physical setting play in the pilot of this novel?

• How do our metaphors of the land influence the way we treat it?

• How has the concept of wilderness changed over time?

• All of the above.

Eco critical theory might be described as having 'one foot in literature and the other on ____;

Barry Commoner’s first law of ecology states that “Everything is connected to __________ ____,”

If anthropomorphism is the attribution of human form or personality to nature, what technique did John Ruskin condemn? Hint: For him, a poet's tendency to project his or her emotions outward onto the workings of the natural world was a kind of false vision.

• Pathetic fallacy

• The simile

• The metaphor

A literary convention which associates the country with innocence and the court or city with corruption?

• Antithesis

• extended metaphor

• The pastoral