scholarly journals Ecological Sensibility and the Experience of Nature in 20th c. French Literature // Sensibilidad ecológica y la experiencia de la naturaleza en la literatura francesa del s.XX

2014 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 175-198
Author(s):  
Walter Wagner
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Ethics ◽  
French Literature ◽  
Ecological Awareness ◽  
Marguerite Yourcenar ◽  
Complex Interdependence ◽  
Jean Giono ◽  
Romantic Conception ◽  
Siglo Xx ◽  
Julien Gracq ◽  
Ecological Sensibility

This essay provides a survey of relevant works by Jean Giono, Marguerite Yourcenar and Julien Gracq, three major authors of twentieth-century French literature. All of these authors attempt in various ways to overcome the nature-culture dualism, a largely neglected topic in modern French literature, which is in accordance with a Romantic conception of nature. The following article falls into two parts. In the first part, I will analyse selected examples of experiences of nature that reflect an awareness of the complex interdependence of humans and their natural environment, i.e. a basic form of ecological sensibility. In the second part, I propose to explore the correlation between ecological sensibility and the search for the good life, which aims at cultural and social change. Finally, I will evaluate the three writers’ debt to Romantic ecology and where they transcend it in order to create a modern ecological awareness informed by environmental ethics and science.    Resumen   Este ensayo proporciona una visión general de las obras de Jean Giono, Marguerite Yourcenar, and Julien Gracq, tres grandes autores de la literatura francesa del siglo XX. Estos escritores intentan superar de diferentes formas el dualismo naturaleza-cultura, un tema en gran medida olvidado en la literatura francesa moderna, que está de acuerdo con  una concepción romántica de la naturaleza. El siguiente artículo se divide en dos partes. En la primera parte analizaré una selección de ejemplos de experiencias de la naturaleza que reflejan un conocimiento de la compleja interdependencia de los humanos con su entorno natural, es decir, una forma básica de sensibilidad ecológica. En la segunda parte propongo explorar la correlación entre la sensibilidad ecológica y la búsqueda de una buena vida, que pretende cambio cultural y social. Finalmente, evaluaré la deuda de los tres escritores hacia la ecología romántica y dónde la trascienden para crear una conciencia ecológica moderna influida por la ética medioambiental y la ciencia.  

scholarly journals Une Lecture Écocritique de Marguerite Yourcenar

2010 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Teo Sanz
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Pollution ◽  
Key Words ◽  
French Literature ◽  
Animal Rights ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Marguerite Yourcenar ◽  
Palabras Clave ◽  
Agrippa D'aubigne ◽  
Literary Figure ◽  
The Usa

Key words: Marguerite Yourcenar, engagement écologique littéraire, Agrippa d'Aubigné, sensibilité vis-à-vis de la nature, dissolution dans la nature, fragilité des forêts, éthique se l'environnement non anthropocentrée  The Belgian-French novelist Marguerite Yourcenar is a rare example of an established literary figure whose writing in French cries out for ecocritical attention. Discovering environmental pollution and destruction as an issue in the late 1950s, when she went to live in the USA, Yourcenar became an active supporter of conservationist and animal rights initiatives, and began to express her commitment to reconciliation between humans, non-human life and the inanimate environment in her fiction and critical essays on French literature. A fascination with pristine wilderness speaks from her last novel, published in 1982, whose protagonist relinquishes human individuality to become one with sublime nature.   Palabras clave: Marguerite Yourcenar, compromiso ecológico literario, Agrippa d'Aubigné, sensibilidad con la naturaleza, disolución en la naturaleza, fragilidad de los bosques, ética del medioambiente no antropocéntrico.  La novelista franco belga Marguerite Yourcenar es un raro ejemplo de figura literaria de reconocido prestigio cuyos escritos en francés claman atención ecocrítica. Cuando emigró a Estados Unidos a finales de los años 1950 descubrió el problema de la contaminación y destrucción medioambiental y se convirtió en colaboradora activa en iniciativas conservacionistas y pro derechos de los animales. Comenzó a expresar su compromiso con la reconciliación entre los seres humanos, los seres vivos no humanos y el medioambiente inanimado en su literatura y en ensayos críticos sobre literatura francesa. De su última novela, publicada en 1982, en la que la protagonista abandona la individualidad humana para fundirse con la naturaleza sublime emana una fascinación con la prístina naturaleza salvaje.

scholarly journals Grounding Green Pesantren: Revitalization of Pesantren-Based Ecological Scientific

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 373-394
Author(s):  
Moh. Mufid
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Ethics ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Ecological Approach ◽  
Green Schools ◽  
Ecological Awareness ◽  
Interpretation Studies ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Green Lifestyle

This article aims to examine the role of schools in fostering an attitude of eco-literacy students and ensuring environmental sustainability by green lifestyle implementation (green lifestyle). The idea of green schools is an attempt to realize the millennial generation of environment-friendly students. To support this, it needs revitalization ecologically sound scientific schools: First, revitalization in the field of interpretation studies with an ecological approach. Second, the revitalization of jurisprudence with ecological insights. Third, develop an ecological study of Sufism. The results show that Islamic boarding schools as educational institutions have great potential to solve social problems ecologically. Pesantren can be a model of education that instils the normative ecological-religious value to foster self-consciousness and care about the environment. Therefore, it takes a revitalization of knowledge in pesantren to give birth to piety and ecological awareness among the students. Revitalization of knowledge in pesantren can be done through the internalization of ecological insight into the discipline of the religious sciences that are taught in schools. Study commentary directed at understanding the verses with a thematic-ecological approach that can provide insight into the Qur’an in a comprehensive manner to the students to interact with their environment. Jurisprudence oriented towards environmental issues that can be equipped to respond to the dynamics of Islamic legal thought that is responsive to the problems of social-ecological. Likewise, the study of Sufism is done by the redefinition of the terms of the key disciplines of Sufism, like repentance, asceticism, mahabbah, and others, thus produce an environmental ethics attitude.

scholarly journals Un relato etnográfico de la conciencia ecológica: historias y prácticas cotidianas de transformación y resistencia/ An ethnographic account of ecological consciousness: stories and daily practices of transformation and resistance

2018 ◽  
pp. 181-203
Author(s):  
Anapaula Ramírez
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Ethics ◽  
Life Story ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Ethnographic Study ◽  
Ecological Consciousness ◽  
Ecological Awareness ◽  
Theory Of Practice ◽  
The Social ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Relationship

En este artículo se explora la relación entre la humanidad y la naturaleza, con el propósito de indagar en cómo se construye una conciencia ecológica. A través de un estudio etnográfico se mantuvo conversaciones profundas con tres personas que viven en reservas naturales en diferentes partes de Ecuador, con el objetivo de explorar sus historias de vida en relación con el territorio que habitan. El análisis de estas historias se enmarca en la teoría de la ética ambiental, la antropología ecológica, y la teoría de la práctica. Asimismo, se define lo que se entiende por conciencia ecológica y se identifican las áreas prioritarias de conservación a nivel mundial y en Ecuador, para resaltar la importancia de la conservación privada. A través del uso de herramientas metodológicas como las historias de vida, la observación participante y el diario de campo, se profundiza en la vida de tres practicantes de la conservación para analizar motivaciones y prácticas que dan cuenta de una conciencia ecológica. Abstract This article explores the relationship between humanity and nature, with the purpose of deepening our knowledge on how an ecological conscience is built. In this ethnographic study, conversations were held with three different persons who live in natural reserves in Ecuador, with the objective of exploring their life story and relating it to the territory they inhabit. These stories are framed in the theory of environmental ethics, the theory of the social actor, and the theory of practice, through which we analyze the motivations and transformations towards an ecological consciousness. The history of conservation in Ecuador is also described, making visible the various tools for conservation and their level of incidence in this country. Likewise, hotspots were identified worldwide and in Ecuador, to highlight the importance of private conservation, and finally define what is meant by ecological awareness. Through a qualitative-interpretative paradigm, and the use of methodological tools such as life stories, participant observation, and a field diary, the life of three conservation practitioners is analyzed in depth to identify motivations and practices that give account of an ecological consciousness.

scholarly journals Teaching Sustainable Business Ethics by Literary Analysis

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 145
Author(s):  
Novita Dewi ◽  
Francisca Reni Retno Anggraini ◽  
Fransiscus Asisi Joko Siswanto
Keyword(s):  
Short Stories ◽  
Business Ethics ◽  
Environmental Ethics ◽  
Literary Analysis ◽  
Sustainable Business ◽  
Pedagogical Tools ◽  
Business World ◽  
Ecological Awareness ◽  
Library Research ◽  
Content Analysis Method

Fostering ecological awareness in studying economics is important, bearing in mind that business today is to maintain the sustainability of the earth’s resources. This study examines Heinrich Böll’s “The Balek Scales” and Tayeb Salih’s “A Handful of Dates” to see whether the two short stories are suitable for teaching business and environmental ethics to both students of English and economics. Using content analysis method, this library research uses principles in sustainable business ethics to interpret the two stories. Data analysis shows that both stories exemplify concepts such as autonomy, integrity, justice, professionalism, and environmental awareness. This study concludes that the short stories discussed provide pedagogical tools to teach the basic concepts of professional and environmental ethics in the business world all students today need to know.

scholarly journals Voces en el crisol. Asedios a las reescrituras en Antígona Furiosa de Griselda Gambaro

2021 ◽  
Vol 69 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Griselda Córdova Romero
Keyword(s):  
William Shakespeare ◽  
Ruben Dario ◽  
Griselda Gambaro ◽  
Juan Domingo Peron ◽  
Marguerite Yourcenar ◽  
Siglo Xx ◽  
Leopoldo Marechal

Este artículo explora la noción de reescritura en Antígona furiosa (1986), de Griselda Gambaro. En sintonía con una larga tradición de Antígonas, el texto gambariano se apropia de la tragedia de Sófocles y reelabora fragmentos de obras de otros autores como Marguerite Yourcenar, William Shakespeare y Rubén Darío, así como del último discurso público de Juan Domingo Perón. A este amplio panorama de relaciones intertextuales se suma un cotejo entre Antígona furiosa y Antígona Vélez (1951), de Leopoldo Marechal, que permite, a partir de la recuperación del mito, reflexionar sobre dos períodos clave de la historia argentina del siglo xx: el primer peronismo (1945-1955) y el terrorismo de Estado durante “El Proceso” (1976-1983). Este estudio busca comprender el teatro de Gambaro como artefacto de la memoria, su estrecha relación con el horizonte cultural, social y político argentino, y destacar asimismo el papel central de la reescritura en esta obra en particular.

Ecological and ethical duty

1996 ◽  
pp. 16-26
Author(s):  
Dionisiy Lyahovych
Keyword(s):  
Social Behavior ◽  
Environmental Ethics ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Theological Reflection ◽  
Ethical Duty ◽  
Environmental Value ◽  
The People

Ecological ethical duty is a kind of philosophical and theological reflection on environmental issues, and at the same time finding the appropriate foundation for environmental ethics. By the term "ethical duty" we mean the search for environmental value, the nature of which would have the effect of inducing the appropriate personal and social behavior and thus influenced the customs and culture of the people.

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