Ecocriticism and Environmental Literature

What is a diptych? A diptych is a painting on two panels, or an ancient writing tablet made of two hinged leaves. In both cases, it is a material object—possibly consisting of wood or canvas, and covered with pigments or wax—which discloses and articulates a “discursive” message. Whether an artwork on an altar, or a t…

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The proliferation of studies bearing on the intellectual movement known as the "new materialisms" evinces that a material turn is becoming an important paradigm in environmental humanities. Ranging from social and science studies, feminism, to anthropology, geography, environmental philosophies and animal studies, thi…

The proliferation of studies bearing on the intellectual movement known as the "new materialisms" evinces that a material turn is becoming an important paradigm in environmental humanities. Ranging from social and science studies, feminism, to anthropology, geography, environmental philosophies and animal studies, thi…

• SERPİL GÜLSÜM OPPERMANN

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By drawing on oceanography (marine sciences) and limnology (freshwater sciences), social sciences, and the environmental humanities, the field of the blue humanities critically examines the planet's troubled seas and distressed freshwaters from various socio-cultural, literary, historical, aesthetic, ethical, and theo…

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Serpil Oppermann; Theorizing Ecocriticism: Toward a Postmodern Ecocritical Practice, ISLE: Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment, Volume 13, I

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This paper introduces the concept of the ‘environmentalism of the malcontent’ to characterise a type of environmental activism that is increasingly common in Turkey. It illustrates its argument by analysing the resistance movement against the proposed Gerze coal power plant. By so doing, it problematises the relations…

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Foreword Linda Hogan Introduction Greta Gaard, Simon C. Estok, and Serpil Oppermann Part I: Feminist Ecocritical Theory 1. Feminist Ecocriticism: A Posthumanist Direction in Ecocritical Trajectory Serpil Oppermann 2. Toxic Epiphanies: Dioxin, Power, and Gendered Bodies in Laura Conti's Narratives on Seveso Serenella I…

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