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

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