The Relationship Between Literature And The Natural Environment

Intersectionality between different systems of oppression and domination is relevant to Okereke’s article as he states, “The ‘unavoidability of justice’ in the pursuit of environmental sustainability resides in the fact that environmental issues are not distinguishable but rather interwoven, into the fabric of racial, social and economic injustice.” (Okereke 117). Environmental costs and benefits are often distributed such that those who already suffer other socio-economic disadvantages tend to bear the greatest burden. The co-domination of women and the environment is supported by the current power structure upheld by the dominant narrative that Okereke highlights in his article, which discusses the exploitation, over-production as well as over-consumption of natural resources leading to environmental degradation and global climate change.

Ecomodernist’s believe that modernization is the major tool to resolving environmental issues. Ecomodernist’s feel as though society needs to always progress and that humanity cannot ever slow down or else development would stop completely. Ecomodernist’s view modernity as the human separation from mastery over nature (Taylor). This perspective stresses the idea of using our technological and

In the passage “Why Literature Matters” by Dana Gioia, Gioia states that the decline of interest in reading in America is decreasing. She then claims that this lack of interest will hold negative effects on the future of our society. Gioia uses facts and evidence to support her claim.

This way of thinking regards the whole ecosphere as deserving consideration, making all humans, organisms, animals, have equal rights and should be valued and cared for.

Bernard Malamud’s award winning novel The Natural achieves organic unity through his expletory use of details to help maintain and sustain the major themes throughout the novel. The Natural contains many themes, perhaps the most visible of these themes is dissatisfaction. Roy Hobbs a once great, thriving baseball player projected for great things is shot by a serial killer that attacks young star athletes. Hobbs was dissatisfied with how his life turned out and how he couldn’t play the game he loves. You see Hobbs’ physical ability and mental strength taken from him after he is no longer a sought after. Through his ambition to return to the game that was taken from him when he was so young you see his strength and skill return to him,

In the reading “The Power and the Promise of Ecological Feminism”, the author, Karen J. Warren, explains her argument on the inevitable connection between the oppression of women and the oppression of nature. She further suggests that ecofeminism provides a framework to re envision feminism and create an environmental ethic which takes into account the connection between sexism and naturism.

Anthropocentrism are people who have centered view of our relationship with the environment. People who follow this ethic are described as those who deny, or overlook and devalues the notion of nonhuman things. Biocentrism is defined as intrinsic value to certain living things or to biotic realm in general. In this life the human life and nonhuman life both have ethical standing. Ecocentrism judges actions in terms of their effects on whole ecological systems which consists of living and nonliving elements and their interrelationships (Wihgottt & Laposata, Environment, page

Leslie Marmon Silko’s poem “Prayer to the Pacific” is a good example of ecocriticism works in literature because it explains an important myth about the Pacific Ocean that relates to culture, existence and the survival of Native Americans. The myth states that “thirty thousand years ago” the Laguna Indians had arrived America from China on the back of “sea turtles”. I think this poem is also significant because it gives us a clue on the importance of Pacific Ocean concerning Native American culture.

Rome discusses the previously unmentioned role of women in the environmental movement by women’s historians. He notes that because this demographic did not challenge their place within society, their role in the movement was not as prominent. Andrew Hunt’s work uses a recent idea that movements had become more grassroots than previously thought, putting to rest the idea that “the movement” was over by the 1970’s. Considering that “The great majority of antiwar students…did not formally affiliate with any organization,” may have contributed to the feeling that the period of major protest was

It has been referred to as "eco-feminism" to reflect this increased emphasis. This stems from the Wiccan ideology that people have a unique responsibility toward the environment because of our ability to make conscious choices (Corbett 292).

The second wave of feminism concentrates on liberation, although it played a significant role in anti-war and environmental

Warren in her book Ecofeminist Philosophy opines "Ecological feminists ("ecofeminists") claim that there are important connections between the unjustified dominations of women, people of color, children, and the poor and the unjustified domination of nature. (1) These unjustifiably dominated or marginalized groups "Others," comprises both "human Others" (such as women, people of color, children, and the poor) and "earth Others" (such as animals, forests, the land). The reference to "Others" is intended to highlight the status of those subordinate groups in unjustifiable relationships and systems of domination and subordination. These relations always worked in the societies and are still functional now therefore this paper tries to shed lights on the macrocosmic world view by studying the microcosmic cocoon of the

Nature's identity is unthinkable without women. They seem to have a relationship which stretches far beyond in the time. This bond is what compelled the feminists and ecologically sensitive women to cipher nature's identity as analogues to women. Domination from the patriarchal society sets the basis for this bond which sees collective pain and suffering as a commonality between them. Women through their conscious and unconscious efforts towards conservation of biodiversity realized that they were not the only victims of male prepotency. Machismo had its way to everything through its use of power. This power driven thinking induced exploitative methods of utilizing everything to its own benefit. The interconnectedness of female agony and nature's

Ecofeminism is a multicultural perspective on the interconnectedness of social systems of domination and the domination of non-human nature. It recognizes the cultural and political links between ecology and

In the book, Susan Griffin, compares women and earth to man. She sheds light on feminism, female oppression, destruction of nature, and lastly the inequality that exist between men and women. The principal focus of the book is to show the connection between women and nature, and the disparities between men and nature. After years of conducting research she concludes that women and men inequality, science, language, and tradition have shape men masculinity as the ultimate power, drawing a line between man and nature.