Encountering Social-Constructivist Rhetoric: Teaching an Environmental Writing and Literature Course

Giddens, Elizabeth

doi:10.1057/9780230358393_4

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“…Moreover, Dixon (1999) posits that eco-criticism, which is rooted in nature writing as texts for interpretation, examines literary discourses that portray the physical or the external world, how moral questions about human interaction with nature are evaluated. In line with eco-criticism pedagogy (Dobrin & Weisser, 2002), Giddens (2012) proposed that students have to be initiated to eco-composition to improve writing and speaking about ecological issues. For this aim, Giddens' vision is to enhance students to a) read environmental fictions and interpret them as cultural artifacts situated in a specific context, b) examine key metaphors/topoi of environmental writing, and c) consider the authors' purposes, rhetorical strategies, research, and writing processes so that students can draw ideas and approaches from them as they conceptualize, plan, research and compose writing of their own.…”

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Environmental Discourse in Moroccan Eco-documentary: The decryption of Scientists’ Narratives

Mliless

Azzouzi

2020

IJLLS

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Eco-documentary is a media genre that aims to raise environmental awareness among the general public. It exposes environmental degradations and presents alternatives for environmental issues such as pollution, global warming, and deforestation among others. For this aim, the language of scientific experts contributes a lot to the making of the argumentative flow of the documentary. Within the framework of ecolinguistics, this article examines fear and threat expressions used by scientists to reinforce argumentation in Faouzi’s (2012) entitled /الزرقاء المرجة انين: Whining of the Blue Lagoon/. In this direction, Witte, Cameron, McKeon, & Berkowitz's (1996) model of "perceived severity" and "perceived susceptibility" was adopted to explain the use of fear and threat appeals in the film. The results show that ‘perceived severity’ and ‘perceived susceptibility’ expressions are preponderant in experts’ discourse. This study has many implications for eco-documentary producers, governmental and non-governmental organs, and future research in Morocco to explore other facets of films that report about man’s damages perpetrated to environmental settings and resources.

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Section: Eco-composition and Ecocriticismmentioning

confidence: 99%

Environmental Discourse in Moroccan Eco-documentary: The decryption of Scientists’ Narratives

Mliless

Azzouzi

2020

IJLLS

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“…Leavenworth and Manni (2020) stated that the literary research approach is closely related to the purpose of exploring nature representations, climate change, and students' or readers' reflections on nature through fiction. Teaching and building social awareness is possible through learning literature, especially writing and reading about the environment (Giddens, 2012). Through literature, sensitivity to the environment will be more easily conveyed.…”

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The Pattern of Land-Grabbing Practice in Year of the Weeds Novel by Siddhartha Sarma

Setyawan

Suyitno

Wardani

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Environmental issues are increasingly worrying, some of which are in the form of deforestation and land degradation caused by the conversion of forest functions into mining. This study describes the practice of forest land-grabbing by the government in corporations with companies to be used for mining. The data source is Year of the Weeds novel by Siddhartha Sarma. Then, it was analyzed using document analysis techniques with the following stages: unitizing, sampling, recording, reducing, inferring, and narrating. The data validation used an ecocritical approach with primary and secondary references in the form of relevant research articles, books, and information in the media. The findings revealed a pattern of land grabbing practices in the form of government-company cooperation; surveying, measuring, and setting stakes; offering compensation and employment; changing the regulation on the function of the area; involvement of the apparatus and violence; land acquisition experts; and the issue of the involvement of radical groups; and arresting residents. Several developing countries, including India, Indonesia, and Brazil, engage in confiscation with the same practice pattern. This pattern of practice, if carried out continuously, will cause environmental crises.

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“…Penelitian pendidikan dan sastra memiliki hubungan yang erat dalam menjelajahi representasi alam, perubahan iklim, dan refleksi siswa tentang alam melalui fiksi (Leavenworth & Manni, 2020). Melalui pembelajaran sastra, terutama dalam menulis tentang lingkungan, guru dapat mengajarkan nilai-nilai pendidikan karakter terkait kepedulian sosial (Giddens, 2012). Dengan demikian, melalui pembelajaran bahasa dan sastra, guru dapat menanamkan nilai kepedulian terhadap lingkungan pada siswa, yang dapat berkontribusi pada keseimbangan alam di masa depan.…”

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Kajian Ekokritik dalam Buku Kumpulan Cerita Rakyat Cilacap

Rizqina,

Suwandi,

Chaesar

2024

JBS

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Environmental issues are a major concern in society. This is caused by human behavior that adversely affects the environment. In relation to these issues, folklore or old literature has great potential to raise human awareness of the importance of maintaining the sustainability of nature. Folktales often contain values of local wisdom, human connection with nature, and moral learning that can be the foundation for ecological awareness. This study aims to describe the representation of ecocriticism in the Cilacap folklore collection book. This research is a qualitative research with content analysis approach. The data source of this research is the book Folklore of Central Java: Cilacap Regency. The sampling technique was done by purposive sampling. The result of this research is ecocriticism in the Cilacap folklore collection book can be known by Greg Garrad's ecocriticism theory (2004) in the form of pollutions, wilderness, disaster (apocalypse), dwelling, animals, and earth. This research contributes greatly to the understanding of ecocriticism and can enrich the repertoire of research on ecocritical studies in folklore which is currently still quite limited in Indonesia.

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Encountering Social-Constructivist Rhetoric: Teaching an Environmental Writing and Literature Course

Cited by 3 publications

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Environmental Discourse in Moroccan Eco-documentary: The decryption of Scientists’ Narratives

Environmental Discourse in Moroccan Eco-documentary: The decryption of Scientists’ Narratives

The Pattern of Land-Grabbing Practice in Year of the Weeds Novel by Siddhartha Sarma

Kajian Ekokritik dalam Buku Kumpulan Cerita Rakyat Cilacap

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