Essays about: "ecocritical theory"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 essays containing the words ecocritical theory.

  1. 1. 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

  3. 2. Matter Manifesting Itself : Understanding Nonhuman Agency in Ovid’s Metamorphoses

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Romanska och klassiska institutionen

    Author : Johanna Koivunen; [2022]
    Keywords : ecocriticism; new materialism; agency; materiality; transformation; nonhuman; latin; ancient literature; roman literature;

    Abstract : This thesis examines transformations of human characters into trees, stones, and water sources in Ovid’s Metamorphoses. The current climate crisis is partly the result of a view of nature as a passive object, or inert matter, that humans without consequences can exploit. READ MORE

  4. 3. An Ecocritical Exploration of McCandless’ Pilgrimage Into the Wild : A Literary Analysis of the Representations of Nature in Into the Wild

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

    Author : Vicky Taylor; [2022]
    Keywords : into the wild; mccandless; ecocriticism; nature; culture; transcendence; interdependence; linguistic construct; cultural construct;

    Abstract : This essay examines Jon Krakauer’s novel Into the Wild from an ecocritical perspective. It aims to analyse three representations of nature: its interdependence with culture, its connection with transcendence, and nature as a linguistic or cultural construct in Into the Wild and relate them to ecocriticism today. READ MORE

  5. 4. ‘Pain is the Great Connector’ : Nature and Womanhood in the Songs of Chelsea Wolfe

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Estetik

    Author : Therese Hallberg; [2021]
    Keywords : Chelsea Wolfe; ecofeminism; ecocritical theory; nature; womanhood; gender; voice; vocal philosophy; Adriana Cavarero; Lawrence Kramer; Val Plumwood;

    Abstract : This thesis explores the conception and embodiment of nature in the songs of American folkmusic/doom metal singer-songwriter Chelsea Wolfe. Through the theoretical perspective of ecocritical feminism that emphasise the interconnectedness of the subjugation of women and the environment, this study delves into how Wolfe’s songs relate to nature and the feminine in relation to voice and song. READ MORE

  6. 5. Poetry, Nature and Trauma during the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Intersectional Examination of the Traumatised Subject and their Relationship to Nature

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Litteratur - Kultur – Media

    Author : Diana Iuga; [2021]
    Keywords : Poetry; Nature; Trauma; COVID-19; Pandemic; Romantic Humanism; Ecocriticism; Trauma Theory; Uncertainty; Unspeakable; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : This thesis explores the ways in which ‘‘Ides of March, 2020’’ (2020) by Didi Jackson, ‘‘Sing a Darkness’’ (2020) by Carl Phillips, and ‘‘Desert Lily’’ (2020) by Rigoberto González engage with concepts of nature and trauma. All three poems reveal poignant elaborations on human position and relationship to nature, and how nature might help the speakers dealing with the traumatic present of the pandemic. READ MORE