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Ballantyne, Hannah (2024). Ecocritical Negotiations of Migration in Contemporary Postcolonial Anglophone Fictions. PhD thesis, Universität zu Köln.

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Abstract

The thesis Ecocritical Negotiations of Migration in Contemporary Postcolonial Anglophone Fictions deals with the connections between the fields of ecocriticism and migration within the framework of postcolonial studies. The aim is to illustrate in which ways environmental aspects and migration are interlinked in thirteen chosen novels to gain a deeper understanding of the concepts that link both fields. As the urgency of the climate crisis and increasing migration numbers move into the centre of attention in general discourse, a literary approach offers another access to the fields. Within the categories of colonialism and remaining structures, environmental destruction and pollution, displacement, and diaspora, violence and conflict, and notions of home and imagining alternative ways of acting the intersections of ecocriticism and migration are illuminated. This highlights the importance of widening the points of view on both topics, including diverse voices and imagining alternatives. Considering the world as a holistic entity offers the possibility to create new assumptions about inherent structures.

Item Type:	Thesis (PhD thesis)
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Ballantyne, Hannah hballant@smail.uni-koeln.de UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-744821
Date:	2024
Language:	English
Faculty:	Faculty of Arts and Humanities
Divisions:	Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Fächergruppe 5: Moderne Sprachen und Kulturen > Englisches Seminar I
Subjects:	English
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language Ecocriticism English Migration English Postcolonial Studies English
Date of oral exam:	12 July 2024
Referee:	Name Academic Title Antor, Heinz Prof. Dr.
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/74482