Literature and the Wadden Sea: Teaching coastal environments through literature

Smalen, Eveline de and Ritson, Katie (2023): Literature and the Wadden Sea: Teaching coastal environments through literature. In: Coastal Studies & Society, Vol. 2, No. 4: pp. 331-335

Abstract

Literature and the Wadden Sea is a guide for teaching Wadden Sea literature in advanced university courses in Scandinavian, Danish, German or Dutch language and literature or comparative literary studies programmes, and for integrating literature into courses in other disciplines. It can be found at www.waddensealiterature.com. This article lays out the development of this project and the contents and objectives of the Teaching Toolkit. It also suggests how it can be used as a model for teaching that couples literature with other protected places, be they national parks, nature reserves or other places. Finally, it concludes with our initial findings, plans and hopes for the subsequent development of the project.

• Item Type: Journal article
• Research Centers: Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society (RCC)
• Subjects: 800 Literature > 800 Literature, rhetoric and criticism
• ISSN: 2634-9817
• Annotation: First published online
• Language: English