Ecocriticism - environments in Anglophone literatures.

Sonst. Personen	Frenzel, Sonja (Hrsg.); Neumann, Birgit (Hrsg.)
Titel	Ecocriticism - environments in Anglophone literatures.
Quelle	Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter (2017), 264 S.Verfügbarkeit
Reihe	Anglistik & Englischunterricht. 86
Zusatzinformation	Inhaltsverzeichnis
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
ISBN	3-8253-6843-2; 978-3-8253-6843-2
Schlagwörter	Umweltbildung; Natur; Literatur; Englisch; Englische Literatur; Landschaft; Kolonialismus; Ethik; Postkolonialismus; Umwelt; Ökologie; Konferenzschrift
Abstract	During the past twenty-five years; ecocriticism has become an increasingly prolific field of study. Broadly speaking; ecocriticism examines historically variable concepts of nature; environments and ecological knowledge; arguing that these concepts are largely shaped by discursive representations. The volume 'Ecocriticism - Environments in Anglophone Literatures' explores the cultural; social; ethical and theoretical challenges that our understanding of nature and environment pose from a perspective within literary studies. With particular interest in Anglophone literatures; the volume takes stock of the state of the art in ecocriticism and examines literary explorations of nature; environment; ecologies and environmental knowledge with particular interest in Anglophone literatures. More specifically; the volume sheds light on historicized and localized interrelationships between nature; culture and literature and reveals how literary texts imagine new; possibly more sustainable relationships between human beings and their nonhuman environments. Jointly; the essays provide innovative and exciting perspectives on the aesthetic agency of literature as well as on the intersections between ecocriticism and postcolonial studies. As the volume brings together a wide range of interrelated perspectives on environments; ecocriticism and ethics in Anglophone literatures; it also offers didactic impulses for rethinking the role of literature in the Anthropocene.
Erfasst von	DIPF \| Leibniz-Institut für Bildungsforschung und Bildungsinformation, Frankfurt am Main (extern)
Update	2023/1