The Power of Children’s Literature in Promoting Environmentalism: an Ecocritical Analysis of The Lorax and its Turkish Translation
Literature can act as a mediator in educating readers on environmental issues, raising awareness, and inspiring them to take action. In the context of how literature can be used to address environmental issues, ecocriticism emphasizes the ways that literary works can offer insights into the interact...
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| description | Literature can act as a mediator in educating readers on environmental issues, raising awareness, and inspiring them to take action. In the context of how literature can be used to address environmental issues, ecocriticism emphasizes the ways that literary works can offer insights into the interaction between humans and the environment. Each of the eco-philosophies that have emerged in line with ecocriticism can provide a distinct ecocritical approach and one of them is the deep ecology movement. This present study investigates the picture book, The Lorax, by Dr. Seuss and its Turkish translation within the framework of deep ecology. How ecological perspective is depicted in The Lorax and how those ecological concerns are rendered in its Turkish translation are questioned with a descriptive analysis. The findings show that deep ecology perspective is obvious in The Lorax, and this standpoint is mirrored in the translation as well. Deep ecology stance is emphasized in both works with the usage of literary devices such as repetition, rhyming, hyperbole, and made-up words. It is considered that research on environmentalist books and especially on their translations, which make the dissemination of knowledge and awareness of environmental issues possible, can play a significant role in creating environmentfriendly societies. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-a86685719cb84ed89420de05fbabff562025-08-20T01:51:20ZdeuIstanbul University Pressİstanbul Üniversitesi Çeviribilim Dergisi2717-69592023-12-0119678110.26650/iujts.2023.1360351123456The Power of Children’s Literature in Promoting Environmentalism: an Ecocritical Analysis of The Lorax and its Turkish TranslationKübra Çelik0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2611-7082Halise Gülmüş Sırkıntı1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6585-5961Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi, Ankara, TurkiyeFatih Sultan Mehmet Vakıf Üniversitesi, Istanbul, TurkiyeLiterature can act as a mediator in educating readers on environmental issues, raising awareness, and inspiring them to take action. In the context of how literature can be used to address environmental issues, ecocriticism emphasizes the ways that literary works can offer insights into the interaction between humans and the environment. Each of the eco-philosophies that have emerged in line with ecocriticism can provide a distinct ecocritical approach and one of them is the deep ecology movement. This present study investigates the picture book, The Lorax, by Dr. Seuss and its Turkish translation within the framework of deep ecology. How ecological perspective is depicted in The Lorax and how those ecological concerns are rendered in its Turkish translation are questioned with a descriptive analysis. The findings show that deep ecology perspective is obvious in The Lorax, and this standpoint is mirrored in the translation as well. Deep ecology stance is emphasized in both works with the usage of literary devices such as repetition, rhyming, hyperbole, and made-up words. It is considered that research on environmentalist books and especially on their translations, which make the dissemination of knowledge and awareness of environmental issues possible, can play a significant role in creating environmentfriendly societies.https://cdn.istanbul.edu.tr/file/JTA6CLJ8T5/DDE9153F0A23457C81075D984B7FD2C0ecocriticismdeep ecologytranslation of children’s literaturedr. seusspicture book |
| spellingShingle | Kübra Çelik Halise Gülmüş Sırkıntı The Power of Children’s Literature in Promoting Environmentalism: an Ecocritical Analysis of The Lorax and its Turkish Translation İstanbul Üniversitesi Çeviribilim Dergisi ecocriticism deep ecology translation of children’s literature dr. seuss picture book |
| title | The Power of Children’s Literature in Promoting Environmentalism: an Ecocritical Analysis of The Lorax and its Turkish Translation |
| title_full | The Power of Children’s Literature in Promoting Environmentalism: an Ecocritical Analysis of The Lorax and its Turkish Translation |
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| title_sort | power of children s literature in promoting environmentalism an ecocritical analysis of the lorax and its turkish translation |
| topic | ecocriticism deep ecology translation of children’s literature dr. seuss picture book |
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