Arboreal Ecocriticism
open access | peer reviewed-
edited by
- Scott Slovic - University of Idaho - email
- Shiuhhuah Serena Chou - Academia Sinica - email
The articles collected in this special issue devoted to what we are calling “Arboreal Ecocriticism” exhibit tree-consciousness in a variety of cultural, linguistic, and national traditions, including Australian Aboriginal poetry, Moroccan fiction, Indian activist prose, Turkish shamanistic fiction, French literature, and Taiwanese folklore.
Keywords Arboreal poetics • Life writing • The political • Eco-shamanism • Lantern Festival • Mangroves • Wangari Maathai • Moon Festival • Environmental humanities • Tree of life • The profane • Land revival • Biosemiosis • Zoopoetics • Change • Connections • Tim Winton • Climate crisis • Gija Jumulu • The social • The sacred • Arboreal ecocriticism • Veronica Lake • Upheaval • Fire • Dendrocriticism • Plant writing • Jean Giono • Alech Choate • The sacred tree • Bill Neidjie • Children’s guardian deity • Poiesis • Phytography • Planting trees • The superstitious • Tree worship • Kallen Pokkudan • Buket Uzuner
Permalink http://doi.org/10.30687/LGSP/2785-2709/2022/04 | Published Dec. 15, 2022 | Language en
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