Ecocriticism and Literature Quiz
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What was the early focus of ecocriticism?

  • The Industrial Revolution
  • The pastoral imagination in Anglo-American Romanticism (correct)
  • The political aspects of genre
  • The literary works of Thoreau
  • Which literary figure's tradition was central to the early focus of ecocriticism?

  • Henry David Thoreau
  • John Keats
  • Percy Bysshe Shelley
  • William Wordsworth (correct)
  • What marked the shift in ecocriticism around the start of the century?

  • Greater focus on Thoreau's environmental philosophy
  • Exploration of metropolitan wilderness
  • Increased interest in industrial landscapes (correct)
  • A return to pastural farmlands
  • First-wave ecocriticism placed special value on the aesthetics and ethics of what?

    <p>Place-attachment at a local or regional scale</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In literatureenvironment studies, what does 'exploring the interconnectedness between human life/history and physical environments' refer to?

    <p>Imagination of place</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which period coincided with ecocriticism's early concentration on the pastoral imagination?

    <p>The Industrial Revolution</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does ecocriticism provide a posthumanist perspective on?

    <p>Humans as one species among others</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In the context of ecocriticism, what does 'Biophilia' refer to?

    <p>The sense of human connectedness to nonhuman living beings</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What has ecocriticism succeeded in doing beyond literature studies?

    <p>Focusing on the environment as a priority</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How are habitats and species symbolically represented in conservation efforts?

    <p>As elements standing for nature protection at large</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does ecocriticism offer in terms of critical approaches according to the text?

    <p>A promise of deeper and more nuanced understanding of environmental issues</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the central idea behind ecocriticism's perspective on humans?

    <p>Viewing humans as part of a larger ecosystem</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What prompted the shift in focus to environmental concerns in the 1970s?

    <p>Global warming and the environmental crisis</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What term is used to describe literary scholars, philosophers, and historians engaged with the climate question?

    <p>Ecocritics</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How does Greg Garrard describe ecocriticism in his book Ecocriticism (2004)?

    <p>An avowedly political mode of analysis</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did Lawrence Buell highlight as a focus of Twentieth Century environmental criticism?

    <p>Nature writing and wilderness</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In what way do the emerging works in the 21st century differ from those of the Twentieth Century according to the text?

    <p>They are increasingly concerned with topical environmental issues</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is one major difference between the First Wave and Second Wave of environmental criticism according to Lawrence Buell?

    <p>First Wave focused on nature writing, Second Wave focuses on topical environmental issues</p> Signup and view all the answers

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