AN ECOCRITICAL APPROACH TO THE BOOK OF DEDE KORKUT AND BEOWULF

Hilal KAYA

Makale detayları

AN ECOCRITICAL APPROACH TO THE BOOK OF DEDE KORKUT AND BEOWULF

Yazarlar:

Hilal KAYA

Yayıncı:

Geleneksel Yayıncılık

Ana Başlıklar:

Folklor | Kültür ve kurumlar

Dergi:

Milli Folklor 2021 Vol.17 Issue 130, pp.31-43

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

6/2021

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2000757096

Sıklık:

Üç Aylık

eISSN:

2146-8087

pISSN:

1300-3984

Anahtar kelimeler:

Özet:

 


Throughout history the economies and industries have brought about a myriad of wealth and advantages to our modern world but these privileges and benefits have come at tremendous cost to our environment and nature. The third decade of the 21st century has already started; however, the most fundamental challenges and problems of the planet such as environmental pollution, global warming, climactic changes, extinction of species, deforestation, and reduction of natural resources, which affect both human and nonhuman beings, have still yet to be thoroughly addressed and resolved. Thus, this is a very critical point in history since the world as we know it may be on the brink of an irreversible disaster. This is an environmental crisis and requires urgent and effective solutions because it has both social and cultural consequences. Having a strong understanding of ethical responsibility to our fragile planet, environmental literature confronts these challenges and promises to raise a local and global awareness. Basically, it seems that establishing an awareness around processes that concern eco-systemic issues and relationships through writing or literature is one of the major characteristics of ecocriticism which has brought an influential dimension to literary and cultural studies. With its broad and flexible scope, environmental literature or ecocriticism does not only raise an awareness but also undertakes the ethical responsibility to reduce problems and subtly create a change in global mindsets in terms of highlighting the human-nature and human-nonhuman relationships in literature. Initiated in this crucial framework, this paper examines two medieval epic narratives, The Book of Dede Korkut and Beowulf, in Turkish and Anglo-Saxon cultures and discusses the comparative potentiality of these literary works through the theoretical lens of ecocriticism. In this study, new perspectives on old texts is opened up because they can provide a rich source of material for the ecocritical study of literature, which can ultimately bring forward a deeper and broader understanding of both human and nonhuman. A comparative reading of The Book of Dede Korkut and Beowulf with a theoretical perspective of ecocriticism illuminates and confirms their immortality and relevance in our contemporary world as both epics present a close and symmetrical interaction between human, animal and nonhuman. Cognizant of the danger of imposing a universalist model that suppresses particular differences between two cultures, this study foregrounds that the literary worlds of Turkish and Anglo-Saxon cultures present a fundamental unity in terms of their approaches to environment. Highlighting the comparative relationships between literature, culture and ecology as well as building an ecocritical bridge between the west and east, this study aims to foreground the significance of maintaining and safeguarding both a sustainable planet and intangible cultural heritages.

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Throughout history the economies and industries have brought about a myriad of wealth and advantages to our modern world but these privileges and benefits have come at tremendous cost to our environment and nature. The third decade of the 21st century has already started; however, the most fundamental challenges and problems of the planet such as environmental pollution, global warming, climactic changes, extinction of species, deforestation, and reduction of natural resources, which affect both human and nonhuman beings, have still yet to be thoroughly addressed and resolved. Thus, this is a very critical point in history since the world as we know it may be on the brink of an irreversible disaster. This is an environmental crisis and requires urgent and effective solutions because it has both social and cultural consequences. Having a strong understanding of ethical responsibility to our fragile planet, environmental literature confronts these challenges and promises to raise a local and global awareness. Basically, it seems that establishing an awareness around processes that concern eco-systemic issues and relationships through writing or literature is one of the major characteristics of ecocriticism which has brought an influential dimension to literary and cultural studies. With its broad and flexible scope, environmental literature or ecocriticism does not only raise an awareness but also undertakes the ethical responsibility to reduce problems and subtly create a change in global mindsets in terms of highlighting the human-nature and human-nonhuman relationships in literature. Initiated in this crucial framework, this paper examines two medieval epic narratives, The Book of Dede Korkut and Beowulf, in Turkish and Anglo-Saxon cultures and discusses the comparative potentiality of these literary works through the theoretical lens of ecocriticism. In this study, new perspectives on old texts is opened up because they can provide a rich source of material for the ecocritical study of literature, which can ultimately bring forward a deeper and broader understanding of both human and nonhuman. A comparative reading of The Book of Dede Korkut and Beowulf with a theoretical perspective of ecocriticism illuminates and confirms their immortality and relevance in our contemporary world as both epics present a close and symmetrical interaction between human, animal and nonhuman. Cognizant of the danger of imposing a universalist model that suppresses particular differences between two cultures, this study foregrounds that the literary worlds of Turkish and Anglo-Saxon cultures present a fundamental unity in terms of their approaches to environment. Highlighting the comparative relationships between literature, culture and ecology as well as building an ecocritical bridge between the west and east, this study aims to foreground the significance of maintaining and safeguarding both a sustainable planet and intangible cultural heritages.

Makale detayları

AN ECOCRITICAL APPROACH TO THE BOOK OF DEDE KORKUT AND BEOWULF

Yazarlar:

Hilal KAYA

Yayıncı:

Geleneksel Yayıncılık

Ana Başlıklar:

Folklor | Kültür ve kurumlar

Dergi:

Milli Folklor 2021 Vol.17 Issue 130, pp.31-43

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

6/2021

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2000757096

Sıklık:

Üç Aylık

eISSN:

2146-8087

pISSN:

1300-3984

Beowulf

The Book of Dede Korkut

ecocriticism

epic

comparative cultural studies

Sayı

Makale detayları

AN ECOCRITICAL APPROACH TO THE BOOK OF DEDE KORKUT AND BEOWULF

Yazarlar: Hilal KAYA

Yayıncı: Geleneksel Yayıncılık

Ana Başlıklar: Folklor | Kültür ve kurumlar

Dergi: Milli Folklor 2021 Vol.17 Issue 130, pp.31-43

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 6/2021

Belge Dili: İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.): 2000757096

Sıklık: Üç Aylık

eISSN: 2146-8087

pISSN: 1300-3984

Beowulf

The Book of Dede Korkut

ecocriticism

epic

comparative cultural studies

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Hilal KAYA

Yayıncı:

Geleneksel Yayıncılık

Ana Başlıklar:

Folklor | Kültür ve kurumlar

Dergi:

Milli Folklor 2021 Vol.17 Issue 130, pp.31-43

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

6/2021

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2000757096

Sıklık:

Üç Aylık

eISSN:

2146-8087

pISSN:

1300-3984