Date of Award
6-1-2023
Publication Type
Thesis
Degree Name
M.A.
Department
English Language, Literature, and Creative Writing
Keywords
Contemporary poetry;Ecocriticism;Ecopoetry;Environmentalism;Humour;Ontology
Supervisor
Susan Holbrook
Rights
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
Creative Commons License
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Abstract
This thesis examines contemporary Canadian ecopoetry in its merging of poetry and science, human and non-human, theory and practice. While the historical relationship between Canadian writing and nature grounds the exploration of present-day discourse, the arbitrariness and pervasiveness of borders and other human conceptions become a subject of criticism for the ecopoets studied in the thesis. Ecopoetry attempts to reframe the perspective of environment in literature, away from commodifying representation and towards a holistic appreciation. Understanding is a tenuous proposition for ecopoets. Learning is vital for ecopoetic exploration, both as an intrinsic product of engaging scientific thought and an ontological struggle with representation. The ecopoet divides their efforts between raising attention for the need for intervention in environmental crisis and dwelling in the consequences of our connection and potential dissonance with the environments and organisms we hope to protect.
Recommended Citation
Jabbour-Ormsby, Dakota Samuel, "Crisis and Calamity: Reimagining Canadian Ecopoetics in Response to Anthropocenic Disaster" (2023). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 9367.
https://scholar.uwindsor.ca/etd/9367