Arboreal Ecocriticism
open access | peer reviewed-
edited by
- Scott Slovic - University of Idaho, USA - email
- Shiuhhuah Serena Chou - Academia Sinica, Taiwan - 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 Land revival • Buket Uzuner • Dendrocriticism • Tree worship • The profane • The sacred tree • Jean Giono • The sacred • Gija Jumulu • The superstitious • Veronica Lake • Alech Choate • Change • The social • Wangari Maathai • Lantern Festival • Bill Neidjie • Connections • Plant writing • Planting trees • Moon Festival • Mangroves • Eco-shamanism • Children’s guardian deity • Environmental humanities • Phytography • Poiesis • Arboreal poetics • Arboreal ecocriticism • Upheaval • Tim Winton • The political • Zoopoetics • Kallen Pokkudan • Tree of life • Fire • Life writing • Biosemiosis • Climate crisis
Permalink http://doi.org/10.30687/LGSP/2785-2709/2022/04 | Published Dec. 15, 2022 | Language en
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