Search for dissertations about: "jeremiad"

Found 1 swedish dissertation containing the word jeremiad.

2. 1. Nature Writing of the Anthropocene

   Author : Christian Hummelsund Voie; Anders Olsson; Peter Mortensen; Scott Slovic; Mittuniversitetet; []
   Keywords : Anthropocenic awareness; nature writing; material nature writing; material ecocriticism; environmental justice; rhapsody; jeremiad; the dignification of the overlooked; functional aesthetics; anti-landscape; necroregion; retreat; confrontation;

   Abstract : The point of departure for this study is the hypothesis that the American genre of nature writing has reached an important crossroads in the way it describes the human-nature relationship. My study argues that the awareness of the large-scale environmental changes that are signaled in terms such as the Anthropocene has changed the way nature writers approach their genre. READ MORE