Departure Of The Sea Analysis
Literature and Environment: An Ecocritical Approach to Haifaa Al-Sanoussi's Departure of the Sea
(Abdulhamid Alansary, Dept., of English Language and Literature, Faculty of Arts, Sohag University)
ABSTRACT
This research paper tries to explain the desire to return to pure nature through the analysis of a work of art ecocritically, namely Haifaa Al-Sanoussi's Departure of the Sea. It also attempts to show how the relationship between man and nature, which had been previously harmonized, has changed and became a heartless and cruel one due to technological and industrial developments and changes. Departure of the Sea is a short story in which the relationship between man and nature has manifested itself. The method of analysis followed in this …show more content…
Literary Ecocriticism is concerned with the relationship between humans and nature as manifested in literary works. When it is perceived as a holistic approach, Ecocriticism examines the relationship between man and nature as well as the role that nature and the environment play in the humanities in general.
In his response to readers' nominations of the great classics of British writers, Robert Macfarlane points out in his article "Where the Wild Things Are?" that classic books on Nature writing would "have to evince the belief that the fate of humanity and the fate of nature are inseparable" (www.theguardian.com).
Ecocriticism maintains that works of art can be examined in a way that sees man as part of nature; s/he is neither master nor slave, but an integral part of an ecosystem. Therefore, one can contribute to a society's understanding of nature if one remembers to pay attention to nature itself.
REVIEW OF LITERATURE
The present study is the first to be achieved on Departure of the Sea ecocritically. It is concerned mainly with tracing the Ecocritical elements in Haifaa Al-Sanoussi's Departure of the Sea. The Ecocritical principles will be taken from the American version of Ecocriticism whose main figure is Cheryll
(Abdulhamid Alansary, Dept., of English Language and Literature, Faculty of Arts, Sohag University)
ABSTRACT
This research paper tries to explain the desire to return to pure nature through the analysis of a work of art ecocritically, namely Haifaa Al-Sanoussi's Departure of the Sea. It also attempts to show how the relationship between man and nature, which had been previously harmonized, has changed and became a heartless and cruel one due to technological and industrial developments and changes. Departure of the Sea is a short story in which the relationship between man and nature has manifested itself. The method of analysis followed in this …show more content…
Literary Ecocriticism is concerned with the relationship between humans and nature as manifested in literary works. When it is perceived as a holistic approach, Ecocriticism examines the relationship between man and nature as well as the role that nature and the environment play in the humanities in general.
In his response to readers' nominations of the great classics of British writers, Robert Macfarlane points out in his article "Where the Wild Things Are?" that classic books on Nature writing would "have to evince the belief that the fate of humanity and the fate of nature are inseparable" (www.theguardian.com).
Ecocriticism maintains that works of art can be examined in a way that sees man as part of nature; s/he is neither master nor slave, but an integral part of an ecosystem. Therefore, one can contribute to a society's understanding of nature if one remembers to pay attention to nature itself.
REVIEW OF LITERATURE
The present study is the first to be achieved on Departure of the Sea ecocritically. It is concerned mainly with tracing the Ecocritical elements in Haifaa Al-Sanoussi's Departure of the Sea. The Ecocritical principles will be taken from the American version of Ecocriticism whose main figure is Cheryll