Research Article

AN ECOCRITICAL READING OF LYDIA MILLET’S “ZOOGOING”

Volume: 3 Number: 2 December 31, 2022
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AN ECOCRITICAL READING OF LYDIA MILLET’S “ZOOGOING”

Abstract

Throughout history the world faces many destructions and misdeeds of humankind with the anthropocentric perspective that tries to dominate nature. This approach poses a great threat to the world in that the extensive misuse of natural sources affects each part of life. The deforestation, nuclear threat and torturing of animals are the essential problems of modern world, and the cycle of the mother earth becomes disordered ecological disaster at the end. As regarding to these issues, there arose new theories of analyzing the environmental subjects as the central point, and it is called as Ecocriticism. Ecocriticism is a well-known movement which deals with ecocritical outlook to the literary texts in the opposition of anthropocentrism. This paper seeks to reveal how the story “Zoogoing” written by Lydia Millet brings ecocritical literacy towards the rights of animals, especially predators. It analyzes the story from the anthropocentric and eco-centric aspects. This story provides to understand the eco-conscious process within animals and human’s reactions. Thus, it is an interpretive ecocritical analysis of animals inside zoo and their instinctual behaviors towards the humankind. At that point, human behaviors and its perception towards animals construct a crucial analysis in Ecocriticism.

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Bu çalışma Ege Üniversitesi 1. Uluslararası Ege Sosyal Bilimler Lisansüstü Öğrenci Kongresi'nde sunulmuştur. Emeği geçen herkese çok teşekkürler.

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Primary Language

English

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Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

December 31, 2022

Submission Date

June 25, 2022

Acceptance Date

October 17, 2022

Published in Issue

Year 2022 Volume: 3 Number: 2

APA
Ar, G. (2022). AN ECOCRITICAL READING OF LYDIA MILLET’S “ZOOGOING”. Ege Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, 3(2), 103-111. https://izlik.org/JA69BZ78WK
AMA
1.Ar G. AN ECOCRITICAL READING OF LYDIA MILLET’S “ZOOGOING.” Journal of Ege University Social Sciences Institute. 2022;3(2):103-111. https://izlik.org/JA69BZ78WK
Chicago
Ar, Gamze. 2022. “AN ECOCRITICAL READING OF LYDIA MILLET’S ‘ZOOGOING’”. Ege Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi 3 (2): 103-11. https://izlik.org/JA69BZ78WK.
EndNote
Ar G (December 1, 2022) AN ECOCRITICAL READING OF LYDIA MILLET’S “ZOOGOING”. Ege Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi 3 2 103–111.
IEEE
[1]G. Ar, “AN ECOCRITICAL READING OF LYDIA MILLET’S ‘ZOOGOING’”, Journal of Ege University Social Sciences Institute, vol. 3, no. 2, pp. 103–111, Dec. 2022, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA69BZ78WK
ISNAD
Ar, Gamze. “AN ECOCRITICAL READING OF LYDIA MILLET’S ‘ZOOGOING’”. Ege Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi 3/2 (December 1, 2022): 103-111. https://izlik.org/JA69BZ78WK.
JAMA
1.Ar G. AN ECOCRITICAL READING OF LYDIA MILLET’S “ZOOGOING”. Journal of Ege University Social Sciences Institute. 2022;3:103–111.
MLA
Ar, Gamze. “AN ECOCRITICAL READING OF LYDIA MILLET’S ‘ZOOGOING’”. Ege Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, vol. 3, no. 2, Dec. 2022, pp. 103-11, https://izlik.org/JA69BZ78WK.
Vancouver
1.Gamze Ar. AN ECOCRITICAL READING OF LYDIA MILLET’S “ZOOGOING”. Journal of Ege University Social Sciences Institute [Internet]. 2022 Dec. 1;3(2):103-11. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA69BZ78WK