Ecocritical consciousness in Shakespeare’s the Winter’s Tale
Other Title(s)
الوعي النقدي البيئي في مسرحية شكسبير "حكاية شتاء"
Joint Authors
Muhammad, Birzo Abd al-Qadir
Sharif, Azad Hamad
Source
Al-Ustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences
Issue
Vol. 58, Issue 4 (31 Dec. 2019), pp.75-94, 20 p.
Publisher
University of Baghdad College of Education Ibn Rushd for Humanities
Publication Date
2019-12-31
Country of Publication
Iraq
No. of Pages
20
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
The present study focuses on the eco critical elements in The Winter’s Tale (1610-1611) by William Shakespeare (1564 –1616), which is an outstanding example of the literary writing communicating ecological consciousness.
Having examined William Shakespeare’s contribution to understanding nature it can be stated that nature is one of the key concepts of the author.
He was highly aware of the nature and humans connection, importance of nature as both utilitarian and spiritual object.
That is why Shakespeare’s concept of nature is colored with mainly positive tones.
The most typical words for natural world are “fine” and “beauty”.
In contrast to these words one can see the ugliness of the humans’ world – “foul”, that causes climate change, population growth, deforestation, biologically degrading cultivation practices.
His creative approach to early modern ecologies licenses critical practices that extend the limits of his period's geophysical knowledge, and that suggests productive analogies with our ecological challenges.
Recent ecocritics have been seizing such opportunities to help people rethink environmentally destructive economic and social paradigms.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Muhammad, Birzo Abd al-Qadir& Sharif, Azad Hamad. 2019. Ecocritical consciousness in Shakespeare’s the Winter’s Tale. Al-Ustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences،Vol. 58, no. 4, pp.75-94.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-947873
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Muhammad, Birzo Abd al-Qadir& Sharif, Azad Hamad. Ecocritical consciousness in Shakespeare’s the Winter’s Tale. Al-Ustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences Vol. 58, no. 4 (Dec. 2019), pp.75-94.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-947873
American Medical Association (AMA)
Muhammad, Birzo Abd al-Qadir& Sharif, Azad Hamad. Ecocritical consciousness in Shakespeare’s the Winter’s Tale. Al-Ustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences. 2019. Vol. 58, no. 4, pp.75-94.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-947873
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 93-94
Record ID
BIM-947873