Living in paradise
The ecological conscience of contemporary Anglo-Guyanese fiction as seen through the examples ofDark Swirl, The Ventriloquist's TaleandThe Timehrian
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2179266 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Marta Frątczak-Dąbrowska (0000-0003-4739-5591) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 55 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 182-194 |
| Publication date | 2019-03-04 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Postcolonial Writing (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1744-9855 • E-ISSN: 1744-9863 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/17449855.2019.1590610 |
| OpenAlex | W2943624383 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 10 |
This article discusses the ecocritical dimension of contemporary Anglo Guyanese fiction and the challenge it poses to anthropocentric philosophy and economic exploitation of the land and minorities, as well as to the environmental insensitivity of today's world. Through a reading of novels by Cyril Dabydeen (Dark Swirl, 1996), Pauline Melville (The Ventriloquist's Tale, 1997) and Andrew Jefferson-Miles (The Timehrian, 2002), the article explores the differences in the anthropological and holistic conceptualization of nature and looks into the (im)possibility of reconciling the interests of the urban Guyanese population with the world view of the Amerindian inhabitants. The article underscores the characteristic features of a Guyanese discourse on Nature that mark it out as being unique within Caribbean literatures. It presents each novel as an individual call for ecological justice for the Guyanese interior and shows contemporary Guyanese fiction as a potent ground for future ecocritical literary investigations
Art · Art history · Conscience · Epistemology · Literature · Paradise · Contemporary Literature and Criticism · Ecocriticism and Environmental Literature · Utopian, Dystopian, and Speculative Fiction · History · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.08 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2014 - 2014 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |