The field is ripe: Christian literary scholarship, postcolonial ecocriticism, and environmentalism

Mabie, Joshua

doi:10.1177/0148333115585488

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“…Unlike the first wave, which primarily emphasized pristine wilderness, second-wave Ecocriticism considered a wider range of environmental contexts, including more human-altered landscapes. A similar shift has been agreed upon by Mabie (2016) arguing that postcolonial ecocriticism has recently gained popularity. With the rise of postcolonial Ecocriticism, there has been a larger interest in postcolonial literature.…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 54%

Nature's Power and Human Vulnerability in Saki’s The Interlopers: An Ecocritical Approach

Paradiba,

Amelia,

Tanjung

et al. 2024

IJEAL

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This research employed the lens of ecocriticism, which explored the intricate relationship between humans, culture, and the environment depicted in the novel. Through a qualitative descriptive approach, this research delved into the narrative intricacies of The Interlopers, emphasizing the insignificance of human conflicts in the face of nature's might. By advocating for an ecocritical perspective, the study aimed to promote awareness of environmental issues and advocate for more sustainable and ethical interactions with nature. Through a comprehensive literature review, the paper situated The Interlopers within the broader context of ecocritical discourse, elucidating its contribution to understanding the complexities of human-nature relationships in literature. Ultimately, this research shed light on the profound implications of human actions on the environment, urging for a paradigm shift towards greater harmony and stewardship of nature. The research showed the power dynamics between humanity and nature, revealing how human greed and hostility interacted with the formidable forces of the natural world. Furthermore, it underscored the evolution of enmity between conflicting parties, highlighting the detrimental consequences of perpetual feuds fueled by arrogance and territorial disputes.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 54%

Nature's Power and Human Vulnerability in Saki’s The Interlopers: An Ecocritical Approach

Paradiba,

Amelia,

Tanjung

et al. 2024

IJEAL

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“…It had an activist side, suburban, agricultural, and heavily managed wild spaces were considered environment, rather than extreme wild as in the case of first-wave Ecocriticism. A similar shift has been agreed upon by Burberry (Mabie, 2016). Postcolonial Ecocriticism has recently gained popularity.…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 58%

“…With the rise of postcolonial Ecocriticism, there has been a larger interest in postcolonial literature. The postcolonial tranche ecocriticism has emphasized the concerns of starving, dehydrated, banished, homeless, ill, and imprisoned people all across the world (Mabie, 2016).…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Ecocriticism in Modern English Literature

Fawareh

Dakamsih

Alkouri

2023

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Ecocriticism these days is indeed a relatively new revisionist and reformist trend that has dominated the ecological point of view in recent English literature worldwide. The ecological perspective constructed under Eco-criticism delineates the nature-human alliance in both detrimental and constructive ways. The present research paper tries to inspect some post-1900 modern English literature from an Ecocritical perspective. The literature reviewed in the present study incorporates the analysis of some well-known authorship whichever is eminently written to gain insights from the ecological frame of reference. Analyzing some notable works culminates in the conclusion that the trend of Ecocriticism progresses from ‘nature- a mystic substance ‘and ‘nature’s interconnectedness to action ‘importance of maintaining nature, ‘eco-consciousness and eco-literacy about environmental issues, and finally calls to action.

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Growing the green city: A cognitive ecostylistic analysis of Third Isaiah’s Jerusalem (Isaiah 55–66)

Vermeulen

2022

Journal of World Languages

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In the ancient world, cities served as physical and conceptual containers to separate a controlled, orderly area from the chaos outside. The depictions of cities in the Hebrew Bible largely underwrite this paradigm. Third Isaiah’s vision of Jerusalem, however, imagines a space that challenges these engrained ideas of the urban. Conducting a cognitive ecostylistic analysis and drawing on insights from Conceptual Metaphor Theory and Text World Theory, this article examines the green city as imagined by Third Isaiah (Isaiah 56–66). Throughout the vision, the prophet creates a new (text-) world defined by urban and natural world-builders, a blend that unites seemingly paradoxical elements. The utopian character of future Jerusalem is downplayed by its grounding in the real world (both the discourse-world and its near-equivalent, the empty text-world in which the prophecy is uttered). Third Isaiah calls for a view of city space that draws on the known, dissolving existing dichotomies and categories. As such, it invites modern readers to rethink not only the biblical Jerusalem but also urban space and its relationship to nature more generally.

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The field is ripe: Christian literary scholarship, postcolonial ecocriticism, and environmentalism

Cited by 3 publications

References 35 publications

Nature's Power and Human Vulnerability in Saki’s The Interlopers: An Ecocritical Approach

Nature's Power and Human Vulnerability in Saki’s The Interlopers: An Ecocritical Approach

Ecocriticism in Modern English Literature

Growing the green city: A cognitive ecostylistic analysis of Third Isaiah’s Jerusalem (Isaiah 55–66)

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