7. Cultural Ecology of Literature – Literature as Cultural Ecology

Zapf, Hubert

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“…One of the present authors (MGK) is developing Zapf’s triadic model of literature as cultural ecology, originally proposed within ecopoetics, for application in (zoo)folklore studies. Zapf sees literature as a powerful deconstructive and reconstructive ecological force within (human) culture whose transformational function stems from a combination of three discursive modes, namely a cultural–critical metadiscourse, an imaginative counter-discourse, and a reintegrative interdiscourse (summarised in [ 29 ]).…”

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“…To what extent can imagination help in this process? Applying Hubert Zapf’s [ 29 ] concept of imaginative counter-discourse, which was originally developed within the framework of literature and ecocriticism, to the field of folklore, in the last section of this paper we perform a critical re-reading of three animal-focused folklore texts from the Slovenian tradition and consider the utility of imagination as a methodological aid. The practical implications of such critical revisiting of traditional texts for animal welfare and conservation efforts are also considered.…”

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Zoofolkloristics: Imagination as a Critical Component

Brooks Pribac,

Golež Kaučič

2024

Animals

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Nonhuman animal protagonists of folklore texts in the European space have tended to be perceived primarily as performing a symbolic and metaphoric function. But behind the symbols and the metaphors hide real flesh-and-blood nonhuman animals, and flesh-and-blood humans interacting with them, mostly from a position of power. The emerging discipline of zoofolkloristics considers nonhuman animals in their own right. Through critical analysis of folklore material, zoofolkloristics examines the role of animals and power relations within the interspecies entanglement with the aim of deconstructing the oppressive system and establishing multispecies justice. We begin this paper with a brief reflection on the ‘historical animal’ as an embodied being and a human construct. We then perform a critical re-reading of three animal-related folklore texts from the Slovenian tradition and, applying Hubert Zapf’s concept of imaginative counter-discourse, consider the potential of imagination as a methodological tool in the transformative program of zoofolkloristics. Implications for animal ethics, liberation, and conservation are also discussed.

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Zoofolkloristics: Imagination as a Critical Component

Brooks Pribac,

Golež Kaučič

2024

Animals

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“…Ecocriticism, in its broadest sense, is the humanities" reaction to the ecological issue that modernity has created as a result of its unrestrained socioeconomic and industrial imperialism. Hence, the examination of its ramifications on socioeconomic status, racial or ethnic background, gender identity and ecology has emerged as key concepts in the field of cultural studies (Zapf, 2016). In this context, the primary aim of the current research paper is to examine the interrelationship and symbiotic communion that intrinsically exist between nature, women and the ecosystem.…”

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Elucidating Gyn/Ecology in the Novel The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver

Christopher

2023

WJEL

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The aim of this paper is to prove that women and nature are mutually integrated with our ecosystem while they face oppression at the hands of materialistic greed and hegemony. Expanding this hypothesis, the paper discusses women’s oppression by a patriarchal society and how the patriarchal society exploits nature as depicted in the novel The Bean Tree (1988). The novel The Bean Tree (1988) by Barbara Kingsolver is set in the southern part of America and revolves around Plucky Tylor Greer, a young woman who is running away from her difficult past and becomes a guardian of a child by accident. As she comes to terms with her situation, the readers could witness the destruction of nature and women in the narration. In the elucidation of the concept Gyn/Ecology, the researcher also examines the sub-themes of domestic violence, child abuse, geopolitics, etc. Employing the theoretical conception of Mary Daly’s Gyn/Ecology, the researcher also calls attention to the prioritization of Gyn/Ecology in sustaining nature.

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Introduction: Animal Industry, Literature, and Imagining the Future

Bauer

2024

Palgrave Studies in Animals and Literature

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7. Cultural Ecology of Literature – Literature as Cultural Ecology

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Zoofolkloristics: Imagination as a Critical Component

Zoofolkloristics: Imagination as a Critical Component

Elucidating Gyn/Ecology in the Novel The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver

Introduction: Animal Industry, Literature, and Imagining the Future

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