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Examining Duffy’s textual space in “Water” and “Cold” through the unnatural ecopoetics concept

Unnatural ecopoetics presents new directions for poetry scholars. It is a theoretical lens that studies how texts use self-reflexive language and formal experimentation to create a textual space where material and nonmaterial environmental elements are uncovered. The term material stands for all phy...

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Main Authors: Abdulkadhim Mhana, Zainab, Talif, Rosli, Zainal, Zainor Izat, Jujar Singh, Hardev Kaur
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Language:English
Published: Universiti Putra Malaysia Press 2020
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spelling my.upm.eprints.733372021-08-17T23:30:09Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/73337/ Examining Duffy’s textual space in “Water” and “Cold” through the unnatural ecopoetics concept Abdulkadhim Mhana, Zainab Talif, Rosli Zainal, Zainor Izat Jujar Singh, Hardev Kaur Unnatural ecopoetics presents new directions for poetry scholars. It is a theoretical lens that studies how texts use self-reflexive language and formal experimentation to create a textual space where material and nonmaterial environmental elements are uncovered. The term material stands for all physical objects and places, whether man-made or occurring naturally in the world. Nonmaterial, on the other hand, refers to the invisible emotional, historical, political, and personal elements that influence the speaker’s experience of space and the translation of it to the textual space of a poem. Post-modernist poet Carol Ann Duffy has played a pivotal role in contemporary English poetry. While many studies have dealt with her poetry, few have examined Duffy’s poetry in light of the unnatural ecopoetics concept. In this paper, the reader is invited to read within the textual space of Duffy’s “Water” and “Cold” (2011) through the lens of unnatural ecopoetics. This article argues that Duffy’s experience and memories of her mother’s last days configured nonmaterial elements fused with material elements of her environment. The findings of this study provide a new way of analysing contemporary poetry through ecopoetics reading by delving into literary texts and examining all the environmental elements and situations around a persona in a poem or the poet. Universiti Putra Malaysia Press 2020 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/73337/1/DUFFY.pdf Abdulkadhim Mhana, Zainab and Talif, Rosli and Zainal, Zainor Izat and Jujar Singh, Hardev Kaur (2020) Examining Duffy’s textual space in “Water” and “Cold” through the unnatural ecopoetics concept. Pertanika Journal of Social Science and Humanities, 28 (4). pp. 2975-2988. ISSN 0128-7702; ESSN: 2231-8534 http://www.pertanika.upm.edu.my/pjssh/browse/regular-issue?article=JSSH-6402-2020 10.47836/pjssh.28.4.27
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description Unnatural ecopoetics presents new directions for poetry scholars. It is a theoretical lens that studies how texts use self-reflexive language and formal experimentation to create a textual space where material and nonmaterial environmental elements are uncovered. The term material stands for all physical objects and places, whether man-made or occurring naturally in the world. Nonmaterial, on the other hand, refers to the invisible emotional, historical, political, and personal elements that influence the speaker’s experience of space and the translation of it to the textual space of a poem. Post-modernist poet Carol Ann Duffy has played a pivotal role in contemporary English poetry. While many studies have dealt with her poetry, few have examined Duffy’s poetry in light of the unnatural ecopoetics concept. In this paper, the reader is invited to read within the textual space of Duffy’s “Water” and “Cold” (2011) through the lens of unnatural ecopoetics. This article argues that Duffy’s experience and memories of her mother’s last days configured nonmaterial elements fused with material elements of her environment. The findings of this study provide a new way of analysing contemporary poetry through ecopoetics reading by delving into literary texts and examining all the environmental elements and situations around a persona in a poem or the poet.
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author Abdulkadhim Mhana, Zainab
Talif, Rosli
Zainal, Zainor Izat
Jujar Singh, Hardev Kaur
spellingShingle Abdulkadhim Mhana, Zainab
Talif, Rosli
Zainal, Zainor Izat
Jujar Singh, Hardev Kaur
Examining Duffy’s textual space in “Water” and “Cold” through the unnatural ecopoetics concept
author_facet Abdulkadhim Mhana, Zainab
Talif, Rosli
Zainal, Zainor Izat
Jujar Singh, Hardev Kaur
author_sort Abdulkadhim Mhana, Zainab
title Examining Duffy’s textual space in “Water” and “Cold” through the unnatural ecopoetics concept
title_short Examining Duffy’s textual space in “Water” and “Cold” through the unnatural ecopoetics concept
title_full Examining Duffy’s textual space in “Water” and “Cold” through the unnatural ecopoetics concept
title_fullStr Examining Duffy’s textual space in “Water” and “Cold” through the unnatural ecopoetics concept
title_full_unstemmed Examining Duffy’s textual space in “Water” and “Cold” through the unnatural ecopoetics concept
title_sort examining duffy’s textual space in “water” and “cold” through the unnatural ecopoetics concept
publisher Universiti Putra Malaysia Press
publishDate 2020
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/73337/1/DUFFY.pdf
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