Environment and Narrative
New Essays in Econarratology
Contributor(s)
James, Erin (editor)
Morel, Eric (editor)
Number
103730Language
EnglishAbstract
Never before has a collection of original essays strived to create such constructive, shared discourse between ecocritical and narrative scholars as well as environmental humanities scholars interested in narrative. Erin James and Eric Morel’s volume Environment and Narrative: New Directions in Econarratology explores the complexity of pairing material environments and their representations with narrative forms of understanding.
To explore the methodological possibilities within “econarratology,” the contributors evaluate the mechanics of how narratives convey environmental understanding via building blocks such as the organization of time and space, characterization, focalization, description, and narration. They also query how readers emotionally and cognitively engage with such representations and how the process of encountering different environments in narratives stands to affect real-world attitudes and behaviors.
Keywords
Literature; Ecocriticism; Narrative Theory; Narratology; Environment; Narrative; Environmental Humanities; Jeff Van der Meer; Annihilation; Don DeLilloDOI
10.26818/9780814214206ISBN
9780814277546Publisher
The Ohio State University PressPublisher website
https://ohiostatepress.org/Publication date and place
2020-01-01Classification
Literature: history and criticism