Ecocritical Explorations In Literary And Cultural Studies

Author : Patrick D. Murphy
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 0739131753
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ecocritical Explorations in Literary and Cultural Studies written by Patrick D. Murphy and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2009-07-15 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Ecocritical Explorations, Patrick D. Murphy explores environmental literature and environmental cultural issues through both theoretical and applied criticism. He engages with the concepts of referentiality, simplicity, the nation state, and virtual reality in the first section of the book, and then goes on to interrogate these issues in contemporary environmental literature, both American and international. He concludes his argument with a discussion of the larger frames of family dynamics and un-natural disasters, such as hurricanes and global warming, ending with a chapter on the integration of scholarship and pedagogy in the classroom, with reference to his own teaching experiences. Murphy's study provides a wide ranging discussion of contemporary literature and cultural phenomena through the lens of ecological literary criticism, giving attention to both theoretical issues and applied critiques. In particular, he looks at popular literary genres, such as mystery and science fiction, as well as actual disasters and disaster scenarios. Ecocritical Explorations in Literary and Cultural Studies is a timely contribution to ecological literary criticism and an insightful look into how we represent our relationship with the environment.

Author : Catrin Gersdorf
Publisher : Rodopi
ISBN 13 : 9042020962
Total Pages : 491 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Nature in Literary and Cultural Studies written by Catrin Gersdorf and published by Rodopi. This book was released on 2006 with total page 491 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nature in Literary and Cultural Studies is a collection of essays written by European and North American scholars who argue that nature and culture can no longer be thought of in oppositional, mutually exclusive terms. They are united in an effort to push the theoretical limits of ecocriticism towards a more rigorous investigation of nature's critical potential as a concept that challenges modern culture's philosophical assumptions, epistemological convictions, aesthetic principles, and ethical imperatives. This volume offers scholars and students of literature, culture, history, philosophy, and linguistics new insights into the ongoing transformation of ecocriticism into an innovative force in international and interdisciplinary literary and cultural studies.

Author : Patrick D. Murphy
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 0739182714
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Transversal Ecocritical Praxis written by Patrick D. Murphy and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2013-06-20 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Transversal Ecocritical Praxis: Theoretical Arguments, Literary Analysis, and Cultural Critique, Patrick D. Murphy, Ph.D, utilizes ecocriticism and ecofeminism to develop his concept of transversal practice: an interdisciplinary combination of theory and applied criticism. He begins by explaining the necessity for cutting across disciplinary boundaries of all kinds in order to address the ecological dimensions of culture and literature. The dialogical foundation of this orientation is elaborated through a consideration of the theories of Mikhail Bkahtin, particularly in terms of the ethical responsibilities of the reader and critic. Murphy then takes up issues of identity and subject formation in relation to genetics, embodiment, and selfhood. These same issues play out in the history of the aesthetic category of the sublime, which the author critiques from an ecofeminist perspective. Following that, he turns attention to cultural issues of consumption, both at home and internationally, looking particularly at postcolonial literature and forms of resistance to globalizations and agricultural land grabs. Resistance and postcolonial literature is further analyzed through consideration of two book-length Latin American poetic sequences, one by Pablo Neruda and the other by Ernesto Cardenal. Switching from works focused on the present, Murphy turns his attention then to how these themes play out in the future oriented worlds of science fiction. He concludes with two chapters that combine ecocriticial cultural critique and economic analysis in studies of the destructive role of megadams, particularly in Asia, and the impact of the combined threats of peak oil and climate change on one island's tourist economy. The conclusion contains a discussion of further drivers of future ecocritical analysis. Traversing a wide range of examples, literary, cultural and economic, this work fleshes out the benefits of an ethically grounded interdisciplinary ecocriticism.

Author : Rayson K. Alex
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1443861901
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Culture and Media written by Rayson K. Alex and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2014-06-19 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Indian ecocriticism has not yet adequately demonstrated the applicability of ecological/deep ecological/tinai principles to visual texts. Culture and Media: Ecocritical Explorations closes this gap at the most opportune moment. Though this volume accommodates ecologically oriented interpretations from several cultures across the world, it reserves the centre stage for Indian ecocriticism and ecotheory quite appropriately. The volume effectively challenges the major documents on ecocriticism and theory (published by international presses), which have been reluctant to give space to tinai criticism and theory that transcend Dravidian or Tamil boundaries. The day is not far when cinema of the world, shaped by tinai theory, will employ tinai hermeneutics to gain fresh insight, which, in turn, will feed into the processes of creation and production of relevant and great movies.

Author : G. Garrard
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 023035839X
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Teaching Ecocriticism and Green Cultural Studies written by G. Garrard and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-01-12 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ecocriticism is one of the most vibrant fields of cultural study today, and environmental issues are controversial and topical. This volume captures the excitement of green reading, reflects on its relationship to the modern academy, and provides practical guidance for dealing with global scale, interdisciplinarity, apathy and scepticism.

Author : Rayson K. Alex
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781443859714
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Culture and Media written by Rayson K. Alex and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Indian ecocriticism has not yet adequately demonstrated the applicability of ecological/deep ecological/tinai principles to visual texts ... Though this volume accommodates ecologically oriented interpretations from several cultures across the world, it reserves the centre stage for Indian ecocriticism and ecotheory ... The volume effectively challenges the major documents on ecocriticism and theory ... which have been reluctant to give space to tinai criticism and theory that transcend Dravidian or Tamil boundaries. The day is not far when cinema of the world, shaped by tinai theory, will employ tinai hermeneutics to ... feed into the processes of creation and production of relevant and great movies"--Page 4 of cover.

Author : Robert T. Tally Jr.
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137542624
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ecocriticism and Geocriticism written by Robert T. Tally Jr. and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-04-29 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although treated as two distinct schools of thought, ecocriticism and geocriticism have both placed emphasis on the lived environment, whether through social or natural spaces. For the first time, this interdisciplinary collection of essays addresses the complementary and contested aspects of these approaches to literature, culture, and society.

Author : Robert T. Tally Jr.
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230337937
Total Pages : 231 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Geocritical Explorations written by Robert T. Tally Jr. and published by Springer. This book was released on 2011-10-03 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent years the spatial turn in literary and cultural studies has opened up new ways of looking at the interactions among writers, readers, texts, and places. Geocriticism offers a timely new approach, and this book presents an array of concrete examples or readings, which also reveal the broad range of geocritical practices.

Author : Glen A. Love
Publisher : University of Virginia Press
ISBN 13 : 9780813922454
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Practical Ecocriticism written by Glen A. Love and published by University of Virginia Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Table of contents

Author : Hubert Zapf
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110314592
Total Pages : 725 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Handbook of Ecocriticism and Cultural Ecology written by Hubert Zapf and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2016-05-10 with total page 725 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ecocriticism has emerged as one of the most fascinating and rapidly growing fields of recent literary and cultural studies. From its regional origins in late-twentieth-century Anglo-American academia, it has become a worldwide phenomenon, which involves a decidedly transdisciplinary and transnational paradigm that promises to return a new sense of relevance to research and teaching in the humanities. A distinctive feature of the present handbook in comparison with other survey volumes is the combination of ecocriticism with cultural ecology, reflecting an emphasis on the cultural transformation of ecological processes and on the crucial role of literature, art, and other forms of cultural creativity for the evolution of societies towards sustainable futures. In state-of-the-art contributions by leading international scholars in the field, this handbook maps some of the most important developments in contemporary ecocritical thought. It introduces key theoretical concepts, issues, and directions of ecocriticism and cultural ecology and demonstrates their relevance for the analysis of texts and other cultural phenomena.