Literature and Sustainable Ecosystem: An Investigation of Selected African Literary Texts

IF 0.1 Q4 SOCIAL SCIENCES, INTERDISCIPLINARY
Sikiru Adeyemi Ogundokun
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The fact that African literary works have gained considerable patronage in scholarly writings and debates. Most previous studies concern themselves with writers’ styles and themes whereas inadequate attention has been paid to the ecological functionality of the texts. This study, therefore, interrogates the issue of climate change and its effects on human race around the world. Adopting eco-criticism as theoretical framework, a close reading of five purposively selected African literary texts was carried out, with content analysis applied as our methodology. The study reveals that there is a break away from the old tradition of praise songs for Africa, as a continent, and a blind attack on the colonial imperialists. In the selected texts, the writers demonstrate the environmental realities of the modern society by depicting the indices of climate change and its adverse effects on man. It is observed that climate is the topmost factor which affects agriculture (crop and livestock production). Drought, flooding and desertification often cause displacement of people and other living organisms and only a safe environment can guarantee a sustainable national development. The study concludes that the world needs to come together in the fight against environmental degradation for sustainable development.
文学与可持续生态系统:对非洲文学文本的调查
事实上,非洲文学作品在学术著作和辩论中获得了相当大的赞助。以往的研究大多关注作者的风格和主题,而对文本的生态功能关注不足。因此,这项研究探讨了气候变化问题及其对全球人类的影响。本文以生态批评为理论框架,以内容分析为研究方法,仔细阅读了五个有目的选择的非洲文学文本。该研究表明,人们已经脱离了赞美非洲大陆的旧传统,并对殖民帝国主义进行了盲目的攻击。在精选的文本中,作者通过描绘气候变化指数及其对人类的不利影响,展示了现代社会的环境现实。据观察,气候是影响农业(作物和牲畜生产)的最重要因素。干旱、洪水和沙漠化往往造成人民和其他生物的流离失所,只有安全的环境才能保证可持续的国家发展。该研究的结论是,全世界需要团结起来,为可持续发展而与环境退化作斗争。
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Khazar Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences
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