Ecocriticism Flashcards

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Ecocriticism

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š interdisciplinary: art and literature in the context of environmental issues and nature
š not a theory in itself, addresses environmental issues through various theories. (In
Andermann: Cultural Analysis, Marxism, Postcolonial Theories)
š Includes an ethical stance

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Chronotope

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Chronos - Zeit
Topos - Ort Ding
Strasse: Linerare Bewegung in die Zukunft

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Regionalist novels

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In the regionalist novel, the natural world acquires voice and agency
š so: the regionalist novels contain the discourse of extractivism but also a counterpart: a
countermovement that engages human and nonhuman forces to combat the advance
of extractivism: a politics of contagion, mutation, community

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Extractivism

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mass exploitation and destruction of
Nature practised by colonizers

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