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Wiersz jak wysychająca rzeka i nasza wrażliwość. O współczesnej ekokrytyce w badaniach literackich
The Poem as a Drying River and Our Sensibility. On Contemporary Ecocriticism in Literary Studies

Author(s): Łukasz Żurek
Subject(s): Energy and Environmental Studies, Marxist economics
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: ecocriticism; Walter Benn Michaels; climate crisis; Marxism;

Summary/Abstract: The article deals with the relationship between beliefs about the sources/causes of the climate crisis and ecocriticism in literary studies. The author emphasizes that literary stu- dies, being a cultural practice, is not isolated from the ideological nature of contemporary re- ality. In his analysis, the author focuses on the visions of causality of a literary work and acco- unts on interpretation present in Polish ecocriticism. The works of Polish authors associated with ecocriticism provide material for the reconstruction of those beliefs.

  • Issue Year: 21/2024
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 61 - 77
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Polish
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