Speculative Fiction, Ecocriticism, and the Wanderings of Odysseus

Abstract

While it is dangerous to generalize about so vast a field as Homeric scholarship, it is perhaps safe to say that before the 1970s interpretation of the Wanderings of Odysseus was dominated by the larger question of the Odyssey’s moral and theological coherence, particularly as this pertains to the justice of Odysseus’ and his companions’ sufferings. The controversy between Analysts and Unitarians did much to determine how this question was asked and answered, with Analysts viewing moral incoherence as a symptom of multiple authorship and Unitarians striving to demonstrate coherence. First-generation anthropology introduced the idea that incoherence might reflect not (only) different authors, but (also) different stages of cultural development. This development was conceived mainly as an advance from primitive ‘savagery’ to more enlightened ‘humanity’, albeit with a tinge of nostalgia for savagery's more holistic ecological consciousness.

NILAI LINGKUNGAN DALAM CERPEN “APAKAH RUMAH KITA AKAN TENGGELAM” KARYA ANAS S MALO MELALUI TANGGAPAN MAHASISWA (KAJIAN EKOKRITIK) (Environmental Value in the Short Story “Apakah Rumah Kita Akan Tenggelam” by Anas S Malo through Student’s Responses (Ecocritical Study))

“…Teori ini menyuguhkan pertumbuhan populasi, punahnya spesies hewan serta meningkatnya kontaminasi udara, air, dan tanah di bumi (Glotfelty & Fromm, 1996;Love, 2003) Studi ekokritik merepresentasikan tentang sejarah bumi, keseimbangan alam, dan gangguan yang terjadi dalam sistem kehidupan (Garrard, 2012;Houser, 2017). Greg Garrard mendefinisikan kritik ekologi sebagai studi tentang hubungan manusia dan nonmanusia dan melibatkan analisis kritis terhadap manusia itu sendiri (Ahalya & Veena, 2020;Christopher, 2020;Cooper, 2019;Garrard, 2004;Muir, 2020).…”