Ecocriticism and Turkey - Meliz Ergin

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Résumé :
Situated between Europe and Asia, and surrounded by three seas-the Aegean to the west, the Mediterranean to the south and the Black Sea to the north-Turkey comprises a diverse environmental and cultural tapestry. Ecocriticism and Turkey is the first in-depth study to explore Turkish literary and cultural engagements with its environments. From internationally celebrated writers such as Orhan Pamuk and Elif Shafak to a new generation of writers, the book moves through a full range of environmental issues, from coastal economies and ecotourism, to migration, environmental degradation and human-animal relations.

Biographie:
Meliz Ergin is Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature at Ko? University, Turkey. She is the author of The Ecopoetics of Engtanglement in Contemporary Turkish and American Literature (2017).

Sommaire:
Introduction 1: Sea Cultures i. The Turkish Mediterranean ii. Aegean Crossings: Bodies and Routes iii. The Marmara Sea and Island Cultures 2. Mountain Cultures from West to East i. Wanderlust: The Culture of Walking ii. Walking, Mountaineering and Ecotourism iii. Taking to the Mountains: Exile and Elegy 3. Land Degradation and Its Discontents i. Land Industries and Social Resistance ii. Vulnerable Lands: Earthquakes, Droughts, Fires 4. Of Humans and Animals i. Human-Animal Entanglements ii. Extinction, Mourning, Elegy iii. Zoopoetics and Conteporary Turkish Poetry Bibliography Index