Lagoonscapes

The Venice Journal of Environmental Humanities

Arboreal Ecocriticism

open access | peer reviewed
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 sacred tree • The political • The profane • Moon Festival • Tree worship • Phytography • Eco-shamanism • Connections • Plant writing • Alech Choate • Buket Uzuner • Gija Jumulu • The social • Biosemiosis • Planting trees • Land revival • Life writing • Veronica Lake • Children’s guardian deity • Climate crisis • Kallen Pokkudan • Tim Winton • Environmental humanities • Upheaval • Arboreal poetics • Tree of life • Arboreal ecocriticism • Wangari Maathai • Change • Jean Giono • The superstitious • Poiesis • Fire • The sacred • Mangroves • Zoopoetics • Lantern Festival • Bill Neidjie • Dendrocriticism

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