The state of the green: A review essay on Shakespearean ecocriticism

被引:5
作者
O'Dair, Sharon [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487 USA
关键词
title; green; ecology; environmentalism; presentism; ethics; Marxism; historicism; animal rights;
D O I
10.1080/17450910802501246
中图分类号
I3/7 [各国文学];
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摘要
This essay reviews the ecocritical approaches to Shakespeare that have emerged in recent years. The "green'' school of criticism can tell us new things about Shakespeare and about our present predicaments, but must also be treated as an intellectual phenomenon with a distinct role and history within the professionalization of literary criticism in academia. Exploring the unavoidable ethical implications of this professionalization, the article concludes that ecocriticism is ineluctably presentist and requires academics to change the ways they think and work.
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页码:459 / 477
页数:19
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