This course explores various literary, cultural, and social issues, guiding students to engage with environmental and humanistic concerns while developing critical thinking and creative writing skills. Covering topics such as food writing, non-fiction reportage, landscape and nature writing, oceanic literature, gender studies, travel literature, medical humanities, religious literature, and literary adaptation, the course integrates field research and literary mapping to bridge theory with practice.

Through in-depth discussions of these themes, students gain insights into how literature reflects societal and environmental changes while acquiring interdisciplinary writing techniques applicable to academic research, educational outreach, and social engagement. Furthermore, the course emphasizes sustainability and humanistic concerns, encouraging students to examine the interconnectedness of humans and nature and to explore literature's role in environmental ethics and social responsibility. Ultimately, this course not only enhances students' literary appreciation and creative abilities but also nurtures them as socially conscious individuals with a global perspective.