Terry Tempest Williams’s “refuge : an unnatural history of family and place” : an ecocritical approach
Other Title(s)
رواية تيري تيمبست ويليامز "الملاذ : تاريخ غير طبيعي للعائلة و المكان" من منظور النقد البيئي
Dissertant
Thesis advisor
Comitee Members
al-Hajjaj, Hamid
al-Musa, Nidal Musa
Husayn, Riyad Fayiz Isa
University
Middle East University
Faculty
Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Department
Department of English
University Country
Jordan
Degree
Master
Degree Date
2009
English Abstract
This thesis recounts mainly Terry Tempest Williams’s role as an activist, novelist, and naturalist as reflected in her novel Refuge.
It shows Williams as a voice speaking against pollution that threatens lives and ecosystems, denouncing the destruction of wild life, working to preserve the wilderness, and protect the environment.
Williams is connected to a complex web of human life, animal life and the physical landscape.
Williams’s mother is one of seven female family members who died of cancer apparently related to downwind radiation exposure from nuclear testing by the United States Government in the Nevada Desert.
Her Refuge portrays a personal tragedy, along with Williams’s scientific background as an environmental activist educator.
It explains Williams’s passionate pleas for protection against those human forces that pollute the earth and destroy its life forms.
Although Williams has used several forms of media to express her ideas and support for the environment, her primary vehicle remains the writing of literary works, such as Refuge.
In addition, Williams speaks in the public forums, lobbies for environmental protection legislation, participates in civil protest, and works whenever necessary to shape and secure the earth’s future.
This critical analysis clarifies the significance of Williams’s work and analyzes its implications on society and the protection and the safe guarding of the environment.
Main Subjects
Languages & Comparative Literature
No. of Pages
71
Table of Contents
Table of contents.
Abstract.
Abstract in Arabic.
Chapter One : Introduction.
Chapter Two : Review of related literature.
Chapter Three : Perils to nature.
Chapter Four : Threats to human life.
Chapter Five : Conclusions.
References.
American Psychological Association (APA)
al-Fauri, Lana Ahmad. (2009). Terry Tempest Williams’s “refuge : an unnatural history of family and place” : an ecocritical approach. (Master's theses Theses and Dissertations Master). Middle East University, Jordan
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-692661
Modern Language Association (MLA)
al-Fauri, Lana Ahmad. Terry Tempest Williams’s “refuge : an unnatural history of family and place” : an ecocritical approach. (Master's theses Theses and Dissertations Master). Middle East University. (2009).
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-692661
American Medical Association (AMA)
al-Fauri, Lana Ahmad. (2009). Terry Tempest Williams’s “refuge : an unnatural history of family and place” : an ecocritical approach. (Master's theses Theses and Dissertations Master). Middle East University, Jordan
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-692661
Language
English
Data Type
Arab Theses
Record ID
BIM-692661
