A Case Study in Byzantine Ecocriticism: Zoomorphic and Anthomorphic Metaphors in the Medieval Greek Romance

Goldwyn, Adam J.

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“…Gifford (2009) also analyzed the national, linguistic and ecological complexity of contemporary Scottish poetry with a post-colonialist ecocritical approach related to the environment and culture. Another article related to a case study of Byzantine ecocritics that explores the zoomorphic and endomorphic issues in the medieval, romance story inspired by studying literary and cultural relations written by (Goldwyn, 2016). Another ecocritical research has raised themes on homeland narratives, ecocritics and Graham Swift's plot written by Bracke (2018).…”

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Representation of ecocriticism in the folklore of Mak Ungkai spirit

Arianto

Simanjuntak

2020

SiELE

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The purpose of this qualitative study is to analyze the relationship between human and nature behind the story of Mak Ungkai by using the ecocritical approach. The informants in this study are the native Malay people who live in Tanjung Kertang village, Batam, Indonesia. They were determined by looking at relevant backgrounds based on the research theme: they are the Malay generation, both young and old, know about the Malay folklore of Mak UngkaiSpirit, have profession and activities at the sea, and reflect the representation of families in Tanjung Kertang village. Based on those criteria, the researchers finally chose 25 respondents to conduct in-depth interviews. These interviews were recorded by using the audio recorder and camera. The results indicated that the relationship between nature and humans behind the story of Mak Ungkai Spirit could be seen from the position of nature as human subjects and objects. The position of nature as a subject included nature as mother of earth, nature as caring ethic, and nature as holistic. Meanwhile, nature as an object is reflected from exploitation of nature and violence. This study is related with the local wisdom and culture in Indonesia. Therefore, international and local environmental non-government organizations related with social and humanity can use the result of this study for preservation of the local culture and environment, and among them is through the local wisdom.

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Representation of ecocriticism in the folklore of Mak Ungkai spirit

Arianto

Simanjuntak

2020

SiELE

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Metafora w dyskursie ekokrytycznym. Od retoryki do ontologii

Woźniak

2023

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Metaphor in Ecocritical Discourse. From Rhetoric to Ontology: Despite their initial mistrust towards the metaphorical language, ecocritics have started to attach increasing importance to the use of metaphors, and now they more frequently analyse the language used to talk about nature and the climate crisis. An important task of ecopoetics is to revise the understanding of the nature and function of language, inherited from poststructuralism. One of the areas of such revision is reflection – often entering the area of ontology – on the function, performance and nature of metaphor. There are various concepts, but they have some common features, resulting from holistic thinking about reality. In my article I analyse and sometimes criticize selected ecopoetic and ecocritical approaches to metaphor.

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Paradoxical Representation of Female Naration in the Spirit of Mak Ungkai Story

Arianto

Dairi²

2019

Bahasa dan Sastra Inggris UPB

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The story of Mak Ungkai sea ghost is very commonly heard by old generation of Malay people in Batam coast. The sea ghost portrayed as a scary female ghost, disturbing humans, sinking fishing boats, and harassing coastal people. On the other hand, researchers suspected a paradoxical narrative of Mak Ungkai character which is relatively close to nature, preserves the environment, and counter-patriarch. This problem directed to examine more deeply the image of women in this phenomenon to reveal the interpretation behind the story. This research used an ecofeminist approach with the aim of reversing the stereotypes of women narrated by the community against the character of Mak Ungkai and its relation to the environment and nature. According to Shiva (1998), ecocritic is a new cosmology that views nature and women as having relationships that maintain, cooperate and protect one another. By using descriptive qualitative method, researchers collected data in depth interviews and immediately plunged into the community. Interviews were conducted directly with 5 speakers from the indigenous Malay community in Sebulang Island, Batam. The research used recordings and cameras which are then transcribed in narrative texts that are easily understood. The results of the study found that (1) the existence of patriarchal stereotypes through mak ungkai sea ghost story (2) the paradoxical representation of women based on ecofeminist framework behind the story.

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A Case Study in Byzantine Ecocriticism: Zoomorphic and Anthomorphic Metaphors in the Medieval Greek Romance

Cited by 3 publications

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Representation of ecocriticism in the folklore of Mak Ungkai spirit

Representation of ecocriticism in the folklore of Mak Ungkai spirit

Metafora w dyskursie ekokrytycznym. Od retoryki do ontologii

Paradoxical Representation of Female Naration in the Spirit of Mak Ungkai Story

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