She has published extensively on ecocriticism, literature, and environmental ethics. Serenella iovinos cv department of romance studies. Acknowledgements local natures, global responsibilities. David abram, becoming animal we are a part of that nature that we seek to understand. Serenella iovino, professor of comparative literature, university of turin, italy prof. Serenella iovino department of romance studies, unc. Ellisons study traces the origins of modernism to the emergence of early german romanticism from the philosophy of immanuel kant, and emphasizes how the passage from romanticism to modernism can be followed in the gradual transition from the sublime to the uncanny. Pdf situating a badiouian anthropocene in hagiwaras. The oxford handbook of ecocriticism download ebook pdf. A groundbreaking book, serenella iovinos ecocriticism and italy. Long, professor, director of the integrative studies program, keene state college, usa prof. Wallace university of central arkansas i n most years, central arkansas is blessed with a long and lovely autumn.
She is considered one of the main environmental philosophers of italy. Authors statement form complete and duly signed all fonts different from that used for the basic text. Environmental justice, ed serpil opperman and serenella iovino, rowman and littlefield, 2016. Serenella iovino is professor of comparative literature at the university of turin. Serenella iovino is an italian professor, and cultural and literary theorist.
Narrative ontologies and ontological stories, guestedited by serenella iovino, roberto marchesini and eleonora. A hare with the face of a child anna maria ortese, corpo. A scholarly conference in turin, italy september 21 23, 2017. Matter, ecology and relationality what can literature do, more specifically what can the novel do, to enable resistance and renewal amid the forces of. Ethics and aesthetics in european modernist literature. The environmental humanities contextualises and complements environ. Topics, theories and transnational tendencies vernon gras. Working across disciplines in environmental studies rachel carson center, 2014. A booklist of international environmental literature. Bringing ecocriticism closer to the material turn, the contributions to this landmark volume focus on material forces and substances, the agency of things, processes, narratives and.
The pdf file you selected should load here if your web browser has a pdf reader plugin installed for example, a recent version of adobe acrobat reader. Ecofeminism, animals, and anna maria orteses poetics of otherness. Cultural jane kamensky, susan schoelwer, and maurizio valsania. As two pioneers of ecocriticism, serenella iovino and serpil oppermann, explain, ecocriticism analyses the way material forms bodies, things, elements, toxic substances, chemicals, organic and inorganic matter, landscapes and biological entities intraact with each other and with the human dimension, producing configurations of. Her publications include ecocriticism and italy 2015, ecologia letteraria 2006, 2015, filosofie dellambiente 2004, and, as coeditor, material ecocriticism 2014, contaminazioni ecologiche 2015 and landscapes, natures, ecologies. Oppermann, serpil, and serenella iovino call number. I was coming to the oldest state university in the united states, the place where public higher educated started in our country. Pdf material ecocriticism serenella iovino and serpil. Material ecocriticism offers new ways to analyze language and reality, human and nonhuman life, mind and matter, without falling into wellworn paths of thinking. Meanwhile, our fearless leader also gave the keynote address at the 24th annual carolina conference for romance studies at. Local natures, global responsibilities ecocritical. Stacy alaimo, oceanic origins, plastic activism, and new materialism, in material ecocriticism, ed. David ellisons book is an investigation into the historical origins and textual practice of european literary modernism. Salma monani, associate professor of environmental studies, gettysburg college, usa.
Presses universitaires du septentrion, 2016, 630 pp. Coprogettazione ed ottimizzazione delle risorse in una classe di. Socialeconomic bruce ragsdale, annette gordonreed, and john steele gordon chair. In this article alaimo nuances her concept by pointing out that although particular strands of thing theory, objectoriented ontology, speculative realisms, new vitalisms, and material. What images and ideas will help us make emotional sense of issues such. Check that all required supplementary files have been prepared use section uploading supplementary files step 4 of the procedure. Bennett, catriona sandilands, serenella iovino, or serpil oppermann.
Asking for help, clarification, or responding to other answers. Iovino, serenella, enrico cesaretti, and elena past. Thanks for contributing an answer to tex latex stack exchange. Material ecocriticism isbn 97802530958 pdf epub edited. Binder lecturer at the university of california, san diego. University of north carolina at chapel hill, nc, usa. I disagree with this claim, given the inherently anthropocentric nature of narrative as a rhetorical mode.
E56 2017 methodological challenges in natureculture and environmental history research. The reverse of the sublime 3 serenella iovino the reverse of the sublime. Invited essay for the oxford handbook of ecocriticism, ed. Stacy alaimo on february 11th 2015, 7 pm cet context. All content in this area was uploaded by serenella iovino on apr 17, 2017. You can access it through a modern building, a house full of light contained by glass and wooden walls. Romance news fallwinter 2018 letter from the chair dear friends of romance studies, when i left my teaching job in the northeast fourteen years ago to join the faculty at unc, it was an exciting career move. Material ecocriticism responds to the problem of poststructuralism and discourse analysis which have exorcized nature and. In his article situating a badiouian anthropocene in hagiwaras postnatural poetry dean a. For more than fifty years, sel 15001900 has been proud to publish some of the finest critical and historical scholarship in the field of english literature.
A dialogue on form, knowledge, and representation with gregg mitman, in robert emmett and frank zelko, eds. Brink discusses the ecological dimension of the poetry of one of the founding voices in modern japanese. In material ecocriticism, edited by serenella iovino and serpil oppermann. Environmental humanities book list for the emory libraries. Dialogism as a solution for the present obstacles to an ecological culture derek barker.
Warm days, cool nights, and alternating periods of sun and. Italo calvino and the extraordinary strata of the anthropocene serenella iovino abstract in this essay, i suggest to read. Water, selected home center for literary computing. Italy and the environmental humanities forthcoming. If you would like more information about how to print, save, and work with pdfs, highwire press provides a helpful frequently asked questions about pdfs.
Dilemmas and resources of the anthropocene garden in the heart of turin there is a museum with a unique name. As humanities scholars grapple with the idea of the anthropocene, one of the key questions may be how to conceive of the anthropos. Iovino is the main proponent for material ecocriticism, a current of ecocritical thought. Aldous huxley, coline serreau and the making of noncapitalist ecologies. Serenella iovino lingue e letterature straniere e culture moderne antoine ackertrain2move environmental humanities international research group. The importance of indexing change is unmistakable today as the controversial term the anthropocene, in mark hudsons analysis, marks a real crisis in sustainability, involving significant threats to the resilience of socialecological systems and to human wellbeing and security, though he also cautions of its homogenizing effects 942. European journal of literature, culture and environment, vol. Brondizio at indiana university bloomington, i have developed a research program in environmental anthropology that is collaborative and international, interdisciplinary and problemoriented, and, perhaps foremost, dedicated to understanding rural and urban populations and landscapes in. Ecocriticism, edited by serenella iovino, serpil oppermann, university of indiana press, 2014. The material turn and environmental ethics allison b. Honorable mention, 2012 prize for exemplary crossfield scholarship, american anthropological association. Hubert zapf 7 cultural ecology of literature literature. A forecast of global demand over the next years the world population will significantly increase by 2050, from the current seven million to more than nine million inhabitants and the highest rate of.
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