When Ecocriticism and Rhetoric Meet
Environmental Persuasion in Terrorists of The Aberdare
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20156663 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Eve Nabulya (0000-0002-1018-7644, Stellenbosch University, Makerere University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 61-78 |
| Publication date | 2018-01-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Literary Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0256-4718 • E-ISSN: 1753-5387 |
| Publisher | Unisa Press (PUBLISHER • ZA) |
| DOI | 10.1080/02564718.2018.1447869 |
| OpenAlex | W2795819265 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 14 |
This article demonstrates the criticism of eco-activist literature through rhetoric theory by experimenting with such a method in an analysis of Nganga Mbugua’s Terrorists of the Aberdare (2009). In this work, I take eco-criticism to mean the ecologically informed criticism of literary works, and ecocriticism as an umbrella term generally concerned with humanities-based studies of environmental representation. I argue that since eco-criticism reads eco-activist literature as a tool of influencing audiences concerning human relations with the nonhuman, eco-criticism can incorporate rhetoric theory as a methodological support for textual analysis, and a step towards theorising literary eco-activism. I assert that a theory of persuasion, if employed in literary analysis, can enrich interpretation and eventually enable a set of eco-persuasive literary devices to emerge in line with the political purpose of ecocriticism. The first part of the article discusses eco-literary activism as a point of convergence between the two fields, ecocriticism and rhetoric, while the second part demonstrates how a rhetorical literary analysis may proceed, pointing out the possible benefits of such a method
Aesthetics · Art · Criticism · Ecocriticism · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Linguistics · Literary criticism · Literary science · Literary theory · Literature · Persuasion · Rhetoric · Rhetorical criticism · Rhetorical question · Sociological criticism · Sociology · Ecocriticism and Environmental Literature · Geographies of human-animal interactions · Philosophy · Rhetoric and Communication Studies
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| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,6 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2024 (4) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |