Re-centring Mother Earth

Ecological Reading of Contemporary Works of Fiction

Andrew Nyongesa

• Publisher: Mwanaka Media and Publishing Pvt Ltd
• Year: 2021
• Print ISBN: 9781779213310
• eBook ISBN: 9781779243232
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Literature
• Subtopic: African Literary Criticism
• Index: Literature

Literary critics have focused on the nexus between literature and the ecological environment. As a mirror of society, literature encapsulates the natural ecosystem to address environmental degradation as one of the major issues being confronted by communities the world over. Individual literary critics have demonstrated how literary writers have deliberately presented the impact of Mother Nature on the lives of characters. However, most critics have hardly demonstrated the essential role of the ecological environment on the political, social and religious attributes of human life.in Re-centring Mother Earth: Ecological Reading of Contemporary Works of Fiction, Andrew Nyongesa investigates the role of Mother Nature in the political, cultural, religious aspects of human life in contemporary novels. Using eco-criticism, the study challenges homocentric attributes of literature and shows how the ecological environment affects all facets of human life.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title page
• Copyright page
• Contents
• Chapter One: Introduction
• Chapter Two: Mother Nature and Social Spectrum: Class and Traditions in Contemporary Novels
• Chapter Three: Mother Nature and Politics: Ecological Attributes and Governance
• Chapter Four: Mother Nature and Religion: Ecological Environment andBelief Systems in Contemporary Novels
• CHAPTER FIVE: Ecology and Pathology: Mother Nature and Mental Illness in Contemporary Postcolonial Literatures
• Chapter Six: CHAPTER SUMMARIES, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FUTURE STUDIES
• Back cover