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This volume offers a timely and compelling exploration of ecocriticism in an era marked by climate change, ecological degradation, and environmental injustice. This interdisciplinary volume brings together global voices from literature, environmental studies, philosophy, and cultural studies to examine how literary texts shape, reflect, and challenge our relationship with the natural world. Spanning diverse genres, historical periods, and cultural contexts, the chapters delve into pressing themes such as environmental ethics, climate fiction, plant-human relationships, and the imaginative power of literature to envision sustainable futures. Contributors explore how literature bears witness to ecological crises, amplifies marginalized voices, and fosters new ways of thinking about nature and culture.
Accessible yet scholarly, the book is an essential read for students, educators, researchers, and general readers interested in ecocriticism, global literature, and the environmental humanities. It is a valuable resource for university courses and a vital addition to academic and public libraries worldwide. As universities increasingly offer courses in literature and ecology, this book serves as a foundational text for understanding the role of the arts in shaping our environmental consciousness.
Contents
1: Development of Climate Fiction (Cli-Fi) in the Age of the Anthropocene.- 2: Laudato Si', Climate Justice, and Liberation Ecology.- 3: Between the Forest and the Tree: Two Different Eco-Theories in Richard Powers' The Overstory.- 4: Maladaptations in Ecocritical Adaptation Studies: Annihilation.- 5: "The Five Senses are Not Enough": Alex Garland's Adaptation of Annihilation. 6: Sacred Spirituality: Lepcha Folklore and Eco-Consciousness.- 7: Problematising Indigenous Eco-Masculinity in Easterine Kire's Sky is My Father.- 8: Language of Interconnectedness: Mamang Dai's River Poems.- 9: On Nature, Culture, and Mahasweta Devi's "Arjun".- 10: V.S. Naipaul's The Enigma of Arrival: A Postcolonial Critique.- 11: Reinstating the Non-Human in African Literature: Ben Okri.- 12: Interface of Gender and Nature: Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni's Ecofeminist Ardour.- 13: Returning to Nature: Ecofeminist Analysis of Han Kang's The Vegetarian.- 14: Reading Ecofeminist Water Ethic in Sarah Joseph's Gift in Green.- 15: Unearthing Plant Purpose in D.H. Lawrence's Women in Love.- 16: Intersections of Race, Gender, and Nature in Aimee Nezhukumatathil's World of Wonders.- 17: Ecological Dystopia in Louise Erdrich's Future Home of the Living God.- 18: Literature-Science Interface: Climatic Solutions in Kim Stanley Robinson's The Ministry for the Future.- 19: "I Was Their Tool": Environmental Revenge in Olga Tokarczuk's Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead.- 20: The Image of Chernobyl in Western Graphic Narratives.- 21: Spiritual and Transcendental Dimensions of Nature in Emerson and Thoreau.- 22: Constructing a Green Harmony of Completeness: Tagore's Juvenile Literature.- 23: Returning to the Root as Quietude (Jing): Plant Voice in Wang Wei's Poetry.- 24: "Merely a Dweller in the Garden": Ecopoetics of Salubrity in W.G. Sebald.- 25: Visual Voices: Wordless Narratives in Ecological Discourse.- 26: From Glamour to Green: Cinematic Responses to Climate Change in Bollywood.
