Environmental Crisis in Urban Areas in J. G. Ballard’s Short Stories
This study mainly applies Lawrence Buell’s environmental criticism to study the urban environment in J. G. Ballard’s short stories from two aspects: the environmental problems and humankind’s failed resistances to them. Through studying these aspects, the paper discloses Ballard’s reproof of...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Selcuk University Press
2023-06-01
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| Series: | Selçuk Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi |
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| Online Access: | https://sefad.selcuk.edu.tr/index.php/sefad/article/view/1505/1164 |
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| Summary: | This study mainly applies Lawrence Buell’s environmental criticism to
study the urban environment in J. G. Ballard’s short stories from two
aspects: the environmental problems and humankind’s failed
resistances to them. Through studying these aspects, the paper discloses
Ballard’s reproof of the industrial society’s disrespect towards nature
and his ecological concerns over the development of both the
environment and the human being. The paper will study the status of
the urban environment from two angles: the absence of green landscape
and the prevalence of pollution. The paper will interpret how the
characters attempt to resist the predicaments but end up in failures.
Though their attempts do not succeed, seeing from Buell’s theory, this
kind of pessimistic extremity in Ballard’s imagination could also reflect
his determination of arousing readers’ awe in facing nature and their
consciousness of environmental protection. By stressing the
environmental predicaments, humankind’s crises under the
predicaments, and the futile resistances, Ballard’s urban short stories
express a profound ecological concern with the urban environment and
humanity’s existential status. |
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| ISSN: | 1300-4921 2458-908X |