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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"Ecocritics"”.
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"That Hateful Prairie Wind": Violence and Ecophobia in Twentieth Century American Gothic
<p>As ecocriticism continues to grow and unfold, ecocritics must continue to define its overall goals. This thesis further defines and exemplifies Simon Estok’s term, “ecophobia,” which refers to fear and contempt of the natural world, as a way of understanding human relationships with the nonhuman …
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Refocusing Ecocriticism: Going Deep with Walker Percy's The Moviegoer
… and lack of focus. While most professed ecocritics agree that increased awareness and respect for the environment must be of paramount importance, some disagreement exists concerning the best methods to achieve this goal. One of the issues that requires clarification involves whether …
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The ecological turn: positioning the natural world in post-Mao fiction and film
… turn” derives from the work of notable ecocritics such as Lawrence Buell and Greg Garrard and it is assigned within this research to describe a heightening interest among Mainland Chinese intellectuals to study the interactions of humans, places, and the natural world. The individual …
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Ecopornography and the Commodification of Extinction: The Rhetoric of Natural History Filmmaking, 1895-Present
… efforts. It also exemplifies what some ecocritics have termed ?ecopornography,? an exploitative representation that objectifies its subjects, encourages viewers to develop identifications with unrealistic images rather than their real-world analogs, and helps enable unethical behavior …
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"An Insect View of its Plain": Nature and Insects in Thoreau, Dickinson, and Muir
… nature writing is frequently examined by ecocritics, very few have chosen to explore how critical writers such as Henry David Thoreau, Emily Dickinson, and John Muir incorporate insects into their work. This study explores three interrelated issues connected to encounters with and …
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Escribir sobre la ruina. Operaciones políticas de la poesía mexicana contemporánea 1985-2015
During the last thirty years, Mexico has experienced a profound transformation. With the beginning of the 1980’s, neoliberalism started to take shape in the country through economic, social and political policies that, in the view of those in power, would propel the Mexican economy into the …
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The Gay of the Land: Queer Ecology and the Literature of the 1960s
… is a legitimate and important next step for ecocritics and queer theorists but also that its literary application does a great amount of good in exploring and dismantling the natural/unnatural binary and exposing the ecological impact of the choices humans make everyday. I take as my method a …