Essays about: "Ecocriticism"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 52 essays containing the word Ecocriticism.

1. 6. Nature's Ink : Ecocritical Explorations in Swedish and Japanese Literature

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

   Author : Emma Pirretti; [2023]
   Keywords : Ecocriticism; Göran Tunström; Ishimure Michiko; Japanese Literature; Swedish Literature.;

   Abstract : Ecocriticism is a field that examines the relationship between literature and the physical environment. As an emerging discipline, it is crucial to expand its contribution to reinforce the existing literature. A writer's creation of a literary world reflects their life and relationship to the outside world. READ MORE

3. 7. Staying, Sane, on a Planet Dying Fast : Art and Eco-Psychology in Kurt Vonnegut's Breakfast of Champions

   University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälle

   Author : Sam Hammarberg; [2023]
   Keywords : Ecocriticism; mental health; solastalgia; eco-PTSD; ecological uncanny; Vonnegut;

   Abstract : This essay analyzes Kurt Vonnegut’s Breakfast of Champions (1973) in relation to eco-psychology. First, Dwayne Hoover is diagnosed with solastalgia; second, the narrator is shown to suffer from ecological PTSD; and, lastly, the novel is considered in light of the ecological uncanny and the ecological homecoming narrative. READ MORE

4. 8. Compounding the Problem? : Gated Communities in Climate and Environmental Disaster Fiction

   University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och interkultur (from 2013)

   Author : Ryan Nicholas Walsh; [2023]
   Keywords : Octavia E. Butler; The Parable of the Sower; The Parable of the Talents; Naughty Dog; The Last of Us; The Last of Us: Part II; Neil Blomkamp; Elysium; ecocriticism; post-apocalypse; critical dystopia; climate change criticism; gated community; urban studies; agency; the Other; video game studies; ergodic literature.; Octavia E. Butler; The Parable of the Sower; The Parable of the Talents; Naughty Dog; The Last of Us; The Last of Us: Part II; Neil Blomkamp; Elysium; ekokritik; postapokalyps; kritisk dystopi; klimatfiktion; grindsamhällen; urbana studier; agens; det Andra; spelforskning; ergodisk litteratur.;

   Abstract : The gated community motif occurs frequently within climate and environmental disaster fiction. This thesis investigates its occurrence across three media to establish how the gated community mode of living, as rendered in post-apocalyptic speculative fiction, responds to the threat and consequences of climate and environmental crisis. READ MORE

5. 9. Fighting Doomsday : an Ecocritical Discourse Analysis of Coursebooks

   University essay from Jönköping University/Högskolan för lärande och kommunikation

   Author : Fanny Vik; [2023]
   Keywords : Ecocriticism; Climate Psychology; Education for Sustainable Development; Upper Secondary School; Coursebook Analysis;

   Abstract : The aim of the present study is to investigate how three coursebooks used in upper secondary school in Sweden portray nature and promote agency to enact the environmental perspective as outlined by Skolverket (2022). The data for this study was obtained through a close reading of the coursebooks, and the criteria for selecting data were that the texts should touch upon subjects related to nature, sustainability and the environment. READ MORE

6. 10. An Ecocritical Analysis of Oscar Wilde’s A House of Pomegranates : Human- Nonhuman Interactions in the Fairy Tales

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

   Author : Eva Aramian; [2022]
   Keywords : Ecocriticism; Victorian ecocriticism; Animal Studies; Oscar Wilde; Fairy tales; Human-nonhuman interaction; Transformation.;

   Abstract : Abstract   This thesis investigates the interactions between human and nonhuman characters that express a particular concern regarding nature and the environment in Oscar Wilde's four fairy tales in A House of Pomegranates. The author utilizes a significant number of nonhuman characters to communicate with humans, which is a fairy-tale convention in which truth wins over falsehood, kindness is rewarded, and virtue triumphs over evil. READ MORE