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

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