Analyzing the ecological discourse of children's and adolescent literature A case study (a ball on the water was my grandfather's Simorgh)

Document Type : Persian Research Article

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1 Zabul University, Faculty of Language and Literature, Department of Persian Language and Literature

2 Department of Persian Language and Literature, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Zabul University, Sistan and Baluchistan

Abstract

The second half of the 20th century coincided with the occurrence of environmental problems and concerns in the world, all of which were caused by the destructive activities of humans on nature. Such concerns led to the formation of environmental movements all over the world, all of which focused their efforts on protecting nature. In the meantime, new approaches were formed in literature that influenced literary and interdisciplinary researches. Eco-oriented criticism as one of these scientific approaches entered the field of interdisciplinary studies, and in literary works, environmental concerns and consequences of neglecting it, provided solutions to go out and preserve the environment. Children's and adolescent literature, as one of the important genres of literature, is no exception to this rule, and many poets and writers have brought environmental concerns into the realm of children's literature. The current research, with a descriptive and analytical method, investigated and analyzed how nature is represented in children's and adolescent literature, relying on A Ball on the Water and My Grandfather's Simorgh, and from the perspective of criticizing the way natural resources are consumed and used, the destructive effects of humans on the environment. life, the need to maintain and create a balance between human development and nature protection as a God-given value, interactive relationships between humans and creatures based on human-centered views, the mentioned novels have been analyzed. The results of the research indicate that in both novels, the authors have tried to accommodate the environmental concepts in a children's story structure, which is effective in establishing the importance of the environment and its education in childhood.

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Literary Discourse Analysis
Volume 1, Issue 3 - Serial Number 3
February 2024
Pages 87-110

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History

  • Receive Date: 18 January 2024
  • Revise Date: 29 February 2024
  • Accept Date: 05 March 2024
  • Publish Date: 21 January 2024

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