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

Permalink http://doi.org/10.30687/LGSP/2785-2709/2022/04 | Published Dec. 15, 2022 | Language en