Sökning: "ecocriticism"

Visar resultat 11 - 15 av 114 uppsatser innehållade ordet ecocriticism.

  1. 11. Nature as an uncontrolled space in George Orwell’s 'Nineteen Eighty-four' and Aldous Huxley’s 'Brave New World'

    Kandidat-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Engelska

    Författare :Jonna Hugsén; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Languages and Literatures;

    Sammanfattning : This paper suggests that dystopian fiction should receive more attention within the environmental advocacy space. Despite the genre’s ability to provoke the reader, it is rarely interpreted in an environmental context. LÄS MER

  3. 12. The Overstory: A Blueprint for Cultural Change in the Anthropocene

    Kandidat-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för engelska

    Författare :Isak Sköld; [2023]
    Nyckelord :the Anthropocene; Cultural Change; Richard Powers; The Overstory; Trees; Literature; Climate Change Literature; Ecocriticism; Activism; Languages and Literatures;

    Sammanfattning : Within the field of ecocriticism, there is an ongoing discussion about climate change fiction and the capacity for literature to inspire cultural change in relation to the climate crisis of the Anthropocene. Relatively new novels explore the inherent conflict between consumerist features of contemporary human culture and scientific facts regarding human impact on life on Earth. LÄS MER

  4. 13. Nature's Ink : Ecocritical Explorations in Swedish and Japanese Literature

    Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

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

    Sammanfattning : 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. LÄS MER

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

    Kandidat-uppsats, Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälle

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

    Sammanfattning : 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. LÄS MER

  7. 15. Litterära gråzoner : En analys av prosalyriska verks didaktiska potential

    Uppsats för yrkesexamina på avancerad nivå, Umeå universitet/Institutionen för kultur- och medievetenskaper

    Författare :Leonard Lidén; Per Sahlén; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Aniara; Ædnan; prosalyrik; affordans.;

    Sammanfattning : Former studies shows that teachers and students often experience lyric poetry as complicated and inaccessible. Simultaneously, there are multiple studies that shows the benefits of learning about lyric poetry, and the importance of working with the fundamental values of the school system. LÄS MER