Crimes Against Nature: Ecocritical Analysis of Ojaide’s The Activist and Armah’s The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born
Human being’s interaction with nature is generally verbalized in various forms, and literature is definitely one of these forms. As one of the recurrent themes in writing, nature has managed to attract the attention of numerous writers especially the novelists. The literary interest in nature and...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | deu |
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Editura Universităţii Aurel Vlaicu Arad
2019-05-01
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| Series: | Journal of Humanistic and Social Studies |
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| Online Access: | http://www.jhss.ro/downloads/19/articles/3%20Toker.pdf |
| Summary: | Human being’s interaction with nature is generally verbalized in various
forms, and literature is definitely one of these forms. As one of the recurrent
themes in writing, nature has managed to attract the attention of numerous
writers especially the novelists. The literary interest in nature and environment
has resulted in the emergence of ecocriticism which studies the relationship
between literature and environment. This new method of ecocriticism has
proven itself to be useful in highlighting the spreading environmental issues in
today’s globalized world. For this reason, this theory, a holistic approach to
literature seeking to examine the relationship between man and his
environment, has been employed to determine the depth and extent of damage
that human beings inflicted on their natural environment. Therefore, the paper
attempts to explore and analyze human beings’ tireless efforts to damage or
destroy their environment towards the satisfaction of their insatiable desires in
the light of two invaluable pieces of literature: Tanure Ojaide’s The Activist and
Ayi Kwei Armah’s The Beautyful Ones are Not Yet Born. |
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| ISSN: | 2067-6557 2247-2371 |