Children exploitation in John Burnside's The Dumb House
This article examines the interdisciplinary ecocriticism in John Burnside’s The Dumb House (1997). The study focuses on two critical perspectives. The first of these is ecocriticism. The main focus will be on two ecocritical concepts, dwelling and ecoconsciousness. The concept of dwelling will be ma...
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| description | This article examines the interdisciplinary ecocriticism in John Burnside’s The Dumb House (1997). The study focuses on two critical perspectives. The first of these is ecocriticism. The main focus will be on two ecocritical concepts, dwelling and ecoconsciousness. The concept of dwelling will be mainly addressed by referring to Greg Garrard’s postulation of dwelling and using it to analyze natural settings in fictional works. Dwelling, therefore, will be applied to analyze the novel’s setting. Second, using ecoconsciousness, the analysis will draw on Cheryll Glotfelty’s formulation of ecoconsciousness and its critical interface with other interdisciplinary approaches. Psychoanalysis will be the interdisciplinary method used, along with dwelling and ecoconsciousness. Sigmund Freud’s concept of anxiety is the sole psychoanalytical concept that will be used in this study. Considering anxiety reveals the novel’s protagonist’s inner feelings, caused by repression and remembering the past. Thus the novel’s natural setting is a remedial exit for the protagonist’s anxiety. |
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| spelling | upm-440542021-12-01T08:35:59Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/44054/ Children exploitation in John Burnside's The Dumb House Aldhafeeri, Hilalah Ali Termizi, Arbaayah This article examines the interdisciplinary ecocriticism in John Burnside’s The Dumb House (1997). The study focuses on two critical perspectives. The first of these is ecocriticism. The main focus will be on two ecocritical concepts, dwelling and ecoconsciousness. The concept of dwelling will be mainly addressed by referring to Greg Garrard’s postulation of dwelling and using it to analyze natural settings in fictional works. Dwelling, therefore, will be applied to analyze the novel’s setting. Second, using ecoconsciousness, the analysis will draw on Cheryll Glotfelty’s formulation of ecoconsciousness and its critical interface with other interdisciplinary approaches. Psychoanalysis will be the interdisciplinary method used, along with dwelling and ecoconsciousness. Sigmund Freud’s concept of anxiety is the sole psychoanalytical concept that will be used in this study. Considering anxiety reveals the novel’s protagonist’s inner feelings, caused by repression and remembering the past. Thus the novel’s natural setting is a remedial exit for the protagonist’s anxiety. American Research Institute for Policy Development 2015-06 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/44054/1/Children%20exploitation%20in%20John%20Burnside%27s%20The%20Dumb%20House.pdf Aldhafeeri, Hilalah and Ali Termizi, Arbaayah (2015) Children exploitation in John Burnside's The Dumb House. Journal of Foreign Languages, Cultures, and Civilizations, 3 (1). pp. 79-91. ISSN 2333-5882; ESSN: 2333-5890 http://jflcc.com/vol-3-no-1-june-2015-abstract-11-jflcc 10.15640/jflcc.v3n1a11 |
| spellingShingle | Aldhafeeri, Hilalah Ali Termizi, Arbaayah Children exploitation in John Burnside's The Dumb House |
| title | Children exploitation in John Burnside's The Dumb House |
| title_full | Children exploitation in John Burnside's The Dumb House |
| title_fullStr | Children exploitation in John Burnside's The Dumb House |
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| title_short | Children exploitation in John Burnside's The Dumb House |
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