Environmental History as a Model of Eco-Criticism in Gregory’s The Other Boleyn Girl and Virgin Earth

Journal of Language and Translation

دوره 14، شماره 1، فروردین 2024، صفحه 213-221   

نوع مقاله: Review Papers

شناسه دیجیتال (DOI): 10.30495/ttlt.2024.709423

نویسندگان

Atieh Rafati؛ Saeed Yazdani^* ؛ Fatemeh Azizmohammadi

Department of English Language and Literature, Arak Branch, Islamic Azad University, Arak, Iran

چکیده

Eco-criticism brings a change in literary studies by linking literary criticism and theory with the ecological issues at large. Eco criticism proceeds a call to literature to connect to the issues of today’s environmental crisis. In other words, ecocriticism is instantly concerned with both nature and the environment. A new eco-literary discourse can statement nature's voice without permeating it with human primacy. As Hughes (2009) debates, even though eco-criticism has become a field in literary theory and the extensive landscape of environmental history, it could benefit from an enhanced framework. Environmental History is relevant to numerous things, including the history of the mutual relations between the human race and remnants of nature. It studies the related effects that other types, natural powers, and sequences have on human beings, and the web of connections with non-human organisms and entities has been affected by the actions of individuals. This study attempts to analyze Philippa Gregory’s “The Other Boleyn Girl” and “Virgin Earth” based on the features of environmental history as a model of ecocriticism.  In her novels, Gregory tries to define the true history and surroundings of the 16^th and 18^th centuries of Britain, particularly among the kings and queens who are seeking power even with the war. First, concerning the features of environmental history, a model of analysis will be structured. Then, the analysis of Gregory’s selected novels based on these features will be indicated. Finally, the results of the analysis will be discussed to confirm how it can be implied as a novel’s approach to literary theory.

کلیدواژه‌ها

Eco criticism؛ Environmental History؛ Environmental Anthropology؛ Environmental Philosophy

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