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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2023-06-01
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| description | 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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| spelling | doaj-art-1794e69f4a84476bbaaa0891e4404c6f2025-08-20T03:54:20ZengSelcuk University PressSelçuk Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi1300-49212458-908X2023-06-0149152610.21497/sefad.1313153Environmental Crisis in Urban Areas in J. G. Ballard’s Short StoriesBarış AğırThis 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.https://sefad.selcuk.edu.tr/index.php/sefad/article/view/1505/1164environmentcrisisurbanpollutionresistance |
| spellingShingle | Barış Ağır Environmental Crisis in Urban Areas in J. G. Ballard’s Short Stories Selçuk Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi environment crisis urban pollution resistance |
| title | Environmental Crisis in Urban Areas in J. G. Ballard’s Short Stories |
| title_full | Environmental Crisis in Urban Areas in J. G. Ballard’s Short Stories |
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| title_short | Environmental Crisis in Urban Areas in J. G. Ballard’s Short Stories |
| title_sort | environmental crisis in urban areas in j g ballard s short stories |
| topic | environment crisis urban pollution resistance |
| url | https://sefad.selcuk.edu.tr/index.php/sefad/article/view/1505/1164 |
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