‘A River Speaks’: Translating Aquatic Voice and Re-​Animation of Fluvial Monstrosities
‘A River Speaks’: Translating Aquatic Voice and Re-​Animation of Fluvial Monstrosities

Summary/Abstract: The voice of rivers is polyphonic and difficult to understand. What does it mean that rivers “speak”? This article argues that it is through experiments in listening to rivers and imagining the aquatic voice to convey a relevant message on behalf of empirical rivers one can understand their vulnerability and/or resilience to the anthropogenic changes in their environments. This message can be translated and further traced in the aquacritical study of selected sources such as folk and literary texts when we ask about the strong representation of rivers perceived as acting agents, for example, during floods, or rivers as sides of communication within collective worlds combined of humans, non- humans and even fairies.

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