An Eco- critical Study of the Selected Novels: E.Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea (1952), R. Carson’s Silent Spring (1962) and C. McCarthy’s The Road (2006).
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2023
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Mouloud MammeriI University
Abstract
The present dissertation deals with three works, the non fiction book Silent Spring by
Rachel Carson , The Road by Cormac Mccarthy and Ernest Hemingway’s The Old Man and
the Sea according to ecocritical theory. Further, the first chapter deals with Carson’s Silent
Spring book which tackels the human abuse on nature by using chemical pesticides and
providing some scientific solutions to avoid these chemicals. Hence, we find that through
these literary works the reader can understand the ipmortance of interdependence of all living
creatures on earth. The second chapter is about McCarthy’s The Road which deals with the
revenge of nature in a post-apocalyptic world, in this chapter we find that by using literature
particularly novels, the reader will know that nature has its proper laws that people can not
violate. The last chapter concerns Hemingway’s The Old Man and the sea, tackels the human
struggle with the marine creatures, however this struggle became as a respect and preservation
of nature. Therefore we find that this novel contains energy that flow to the reader and creates
on him a sense of ecological values. To complete our work, we have used William Rueckert
theory of ecocriticism, in which he advocates to relate literary works to ecological concepts,
therefore he challenges the anthropocentric vision and sheds light on the interconnection of all
living beings. Also he believes that literature has a stored energy which helps to raise human
awarness about environmental issues.
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55p. ; 30cm(+CD-Rom)
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William Rueckert, Anthropocentricim, Interconnectedness, NATURAL SCIENCES::Chemistry::Environmental chemistry, Ethics
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Literature inter-disciplinary approches