Genocide, Ecocide and the Palestinian/ Native American in Mahmoud Darwish’s Poetry
- نوع المنشور
- ورقة مؤتمر
- المؤلفون
In this talk, I ecocritically explore these concepts in Mahmoud Darwish’s poem “The Red Indian’s Penultimate Speech to the white man” in which he reflects on the genocide, ecocide and scholasticide his Palestinian community has witnessed, while comparing their responses to these acts with the responses of Native American people in Chief Seatle’s Speech. Ecocriticism is the study of the relationship between literature and the physical environment; William Rueckert explains it as ‘applying ecological concepts to the reading, teaching, and writing about literature’.[i] David Schlosberg incorporates a transnational dimension to the discourse of environmental justice by asserting that ecocriticism has more recently started to show more inclination to examine the global nature of environmental concerns.[ii] Other critics emphasize the commitment of ecocritics to ethical engagements.[iii] With such slant of activism, ecocritical practice exhibits some overlap with other politically engaged critical approaches such as post-colonial scholarship.
[i] Rueckert, “Literature and Ecology”, 107.
[ii] Schlosberg, David. “Theorising Environmental Justice”, 37.
[iii] Hitt, “Ecocriticism and the Long Eighteenth Century”; Estok, “Bridging the Great Divide”.
- عنوان المؤتمر
- MESA Global Academy
- دولة المؤتمر
- الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية
- تاريخ المؤتمر
- 27 نوفمبر، 2025 - 27 نوفمبر، 2025
- راعي المؤتمر
- Georgetown University