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Arboreal Ecocriticism

open access | peer reviewed
    a cura di
  • Scott Slovic - University of Idaho, USA - email
  • Shiuhhuah Serena Chou - Academia Sinica, Taiwan - email
Abstract

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 The profaneEco-shamanismArboreal poeticsFireLantern FestivalUpheavalLand revivalTim WintonThe superstitiousThe politicalGija JumuluKallen PokkudanPlanting treesZoopoeticsVeronica LakePlant writingThe sacred treeTree worshipWangari MaathaiThe socialBiosemiosisChangeTree of lifeConnectionsPoiesisClimate crisisChildren’s guardian deityAlech ChoateEnvironmental humanitiesArboreal ecocriticismJean GionoMangrovesMoon FestivalBill NeidjiePhytographyDendrocriticismThe sacredBuket UzunerLife writing

Permalink http://doi.org/10.30687/LGSP/2785-2709/2022/04 | Pubblicato 15 Dicembre 2022 | Lingua en