Research Article

The Mainstreaming of Environmental Criticism: Theory and Nature

Number: 49 June 20, 2023
  • Barış Mete
  • Defne Erdem Mete
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The Mainstreaming of Environmental Criticism: Theory and Nature

Abstract

Contemporary theory has been framed by structuralist, poststructuralist and postmodernist discussions about social, cultural and linguistic formation of meaning. Structuralists argue that meaning is an external feature. It depends on the linguistic framework, for it is defined in and through language. For poststructuralists, meaning can be subjectively defined; thus there is no meaning to be considered. Poststructuralism offers the idea of the plurality of meaning. Like all traditional notions, meaning is a metanarrative whose validity structuralist, poststructuralist and postmodernist critics find controversial. Contemporary theory has been a liberating experience. This might be exemplified with the enquiry into the legitimacy of the patriarchy which rendered women determination to question their inequalities. Theory has enabled discussions about the proletariat having a future to control production. However, theory has illustrated nature within the same exemplification. Nature is a socially, culturally and linguistically constructed notion defined as a man-made perception. The present environmental emergency loses its meaning as nature is a meaningless term. Environmental criticism dismiss the latest designation of nature as a metanarrative. It insists that nature is real, alive and in danger. This article aims to point out that mainstreaming of environmental criticism helps understand the relationship between theory and nature.

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Primary Language

English

Subjects

World Languages, Literature and Culture (Other)

Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Defne Erdem Mete This is me
0000-0001-7314-461X
Türkiye

Early Pub Date

June 13, 2023

Publication Date

June 20, 2023

Submission Date

October 5, 2022

Acceptance Date

March 24, 2023

Published in Issue

Year 2023 Number: 49

APA
Mete, B., & Erdem Mete, D. (2023). The Mainstreaming of Environmental Criticism: Theory and Nature. Selçuk Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi, 49, 27-38. https://doi.org/10.21497/sefad.1313163
AMA
1.Mete B, Erdem Mete D. The Mainstreaming of Environmental Criticism: Theory and Nature. SEFAD. 2023;(49):27-38. doi:10.21497/sefad.1313163
Chicago
Mete, Barış, and Defne Erdem Mete. 2023. “The Mainstreaming of Environmental Criticism: Theory and Nature”. Selçuk Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi, nos. 49: 27-38. https://doi.org/10.21497/sefad.1313163.
EndNote
Mete B, Erdem Mete D (June 1, 2023) The Mainstreaming of Environmental Criticism: Theory and Nature. Selçuk Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi 49 27–38.
IEEE
[1]B. Mete and D. Erdem Mete, “The Mainstreaming of Environmental Criticism: Theory and Nature”, SEFAD, no. 49, pp. 27–38, June 2023, doi: 10.21497/sefad.1313163.
ISNAD
Mete, Barış - Erdem Mete, Defne. “The Mainstreaming of Environmental Criticism: Theory and Nature”. Selçuk Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi. 49 (June 1, 2023): 27-38. https://doi.org/10.21497/sefad.1313163.
JAMA
1.Mete B, Erdem Mete D. The Mainstreaming of Environmental Criticism: Theory and Nature. SEFAD. 2023;:27–38.
MLA
Mete, Barış, and Defne Erdem Mete. “The Mainstreaming of Environmental Criticism: Theory and Nature”. Selçuk Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi, no. 49, June 2023, pp. 27-38, doi:10.21497/sefad.1313163.
Vancouver
1.Barış Mete, Defne Erdem Mete. The Mainstreaming of Environmental Criticism: Theory and Nature. SEFAD. 2023 Jun. 1;(49):27-38. doi:10.21497/sefad.1313163

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