Laliena, Daniel Tabernero Sala, Rosa
Published in
Frontiers in Education
The recent proliferation of environmental children’s literature and the growing interest in this type of books by researchers and proponents of ecocriticism could be deemed a byproduct of contemporary concerns regarding environmental sustainability. Considering books for children as more than mere tools for environmental awareness-raising prompts a...
Polgár, Anikó
Published in
Hungarian Studies Yearbook
This study treats literature as a reflection of cultural memory and explores how literature mediates between mythical and cultural relations to the natural world. The paper aims to promote interdisciplinary dialogue between cultural memory, ecocriticism, and literary studies and draws on foundational texts from these disciplines and previous resear...
Radics, Rudolf
Published in
Hungarian Studies Yearbook
The focus of this paper is an ecocritical examination of Ádám Bodor’s The Birds of Verhovina. The study begins with an introduction to Hubert Zapf ’s theory of sustainable texts and the ecocritical concept of Greg Garrard’s Ecocriticism, and concludes with an interpretation of the chosen work along ecocritical tropes. The paper starts from the prem...
Galić Kakkonen, Gordana Mihaljević, Nikica
Published in
Zeitschrift für Slawistik
The rise of ecological awareness in recent decades corresponds to the emergence of the increasingly reputable and significant field of ecocritical studies, which has resulted in the publication of many valuable literary discussions devoted to the study of the relationship between humanity and the environment. In this context, a visible shift has be...
Trépanier-Jobin, Gabrielle Charre-Tchang, Maeva Largeaud-Ortega, Sylvie
De plus en plus populaires dans la culture vidéoludique, les jeux vidéo à thématique écologique semblent détenir le potentiel de conscientiser les joueur·ses aux problématiques environnementales. C’est notamment le cas du jeu d’aventure sous-marine Abzû, dont le potentiel écocritique est mis en évidence dans cet article par une analyse ludonarrativ...
Catoir-Brisson, Marie-Julie Bobroff, Julien
This communication focuses on a workshop conducted with students in bachelor to make possible alternative uses of the smartphone through an eco-critical approach, in the context of a near future with limited resources. How to imagine the uses of a smartphone without connection through design and the use of fiction? And to what extent do the alterna...
Hódosy, Annamária
Published in
Hungarian Journal of English and American Studies
The unfolding ecological crisis is often blamed on an excerpt from the bible, according to which humans should “[b]e fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it” (Gen 1:28). This command is repeatedly contrasted with another, saying that “[t]he LORD God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it”...
Hódosy, Annamária
Published in
Hungarian Journal of English and American Studies
The unfolding ecological crisis is often blamed on an excerpt from the bible, according to which humans should “[b]e fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it” (Gen 1:28). This command is repeatedly contrasted with another, saying that “[t]he LORD God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it”...
Choné, Aurélie
Résumé : Dans le contexte actuel de la crise écologique et de la pandémie de Covid-19, alors qu’il est nécessaire de “repenser les rapports entre humains et non-humains” (Philippe Descola), cet article propose une relecture comparée de deux oeuvres issues de la littérature de langue allemande, parues à douze ans d’intervalle, en pleine guerre froid...
Axelsson, Marcus Lindgren, Charlotte
Published in
European Journal of Scandinavian Studies
In the present study, we investigate how the relationship between human and nature is rendered as Norwegian children’s book author Maria Parr’s novel Keeperen og havet [Lena, the Sea and me] is translated into Danish, English, French, German, and Swedish. Our focus is mainly on book cover images, and methodologically we use concepts and tools from ...
