Ecocriticism and Green Studies Quiz

Who is considered the founder of ecocriticism in the USA?

• Cheryll Glotfelty

• Harold Fromm

• Ursula K. Heise

• Jonathan Bate

What is the name of the association founded by Cheryll Glotfelty?

• The Ecocriticism Reader

• ASLE

• The Oxford Handbook of Ecocriticism

• Green Letters

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Which American writer is NOT mentioned as a major influence on ecocriticism?

• Walt Whitman

• Ralph Waldo Emerson

• Margaret Fuller

• Henry David Thoreau

Which book by Jonathan Bate is mentioned in the slides?

• The Ground Aslant

• The Country and the City

• Romantic Ecology

• The Song of the Earth

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What is inspired British ecocriticism?

• Postcolonialism

• Modernism

• British Romanticism

• American transcendentalism

Which term is more frequently used in the UK for ecocriticism?

• Green studies

• Ecocriticism

• Environmental criticism

• Nature writing

What is the main difference in tone between American and British ecocriticism?

• American is more optimistic, British is more pessismistic

• American is more pessismistic, British is more optimistic

• Same tone, different resources

• American is bipartisan while British criticism is unified

What does ecocriticism reject according to the text?

• The influence of industrial forces on the environment

• The notion that nature is socially constructed

• The importance of literature

• The role of culture in shaping nature