and now we're here: the Plasticene: Ecological Awareness in Margaret Atwood's Recent Poetry Collection, Dearly

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dc.authoridALTIN, Merve/0000-0002-2129-7347
dc.contributor.authorAltin, Merve
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-27T20:27:06Z
dc.date.available2025-01-27T20:27:06Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.departmentÇanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractDearly , first published in 2020, is the latest poetry collection of the acclaimed writer, Margaret Atwood. In Dearly , Atwood revisits some of her favourite themes and subjects such as love, loss, time, ageing, sexuality, gender, nature, and environment. The book is divided into five sections, and the poems grouped in the same section revolve around a common theme. In section IV, the poems grouped under the title of Plasticene Suite discuss the increasing amount of plastic waste as the distinctive anthropogenic marker of our age. Accordingly, each poem focuses on a different aspect and consequence of this environmental problem. The primary objective of this study is to analyse Plasticene Suite poems, namely Rock -Like Object on Beach, Faint Hopes, Foliage,Midway Island Albatross,Editorial Notes,Sorcerer's Apprentice,Whales, Little Robot, and The Bright Side from Dearly through the lens of ecopoetry to reveal Atwood's criticism of the anthropogenic factors contributing to the current ecological crisis, particularly the ever-increasing generation of plastic waste, and to comment on contemporary poetry's awareness of and power to address the pressing environmental issues. The study also contends that ecopoetic readings of Plasticene Suite poems can help raise awareness about the rise in plastic waste during and after the initial phase of the COVID-19 pandemic. In that sense, the ecopoetic readings of Plasticene Suite poems can urge us to reconsider our dependence on plastic and encourage us to adopt sustainable practices and habits by promoting consciousness about this environmental problem.
dc.description.sponsorshipPeer -review: Externally peer -reviewed. Conflict of Interest: The author has no conflict of interest to declare. Grant Support: The author declared that this study has received no financial support.
dc.identifier.doi10.26650/LITERA2023-1387510
dc.identifier.endpage60
dc.identifier.issn1304-0057
dc.identifier.issn2602-2117
dc.identifier.issue1
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85197283807
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ4
dc.identifier.startpage39
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.26650/LITERA2023-1387510
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12428/22581
dc.identifier.volume34
dc.identifier.wosWOS:001263790000001
dc.identifier.wosqualityN/A
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherIstanbul Univ, Fac Letters
dc.relation.ispartofLitera-Journal of Language Literature and Culture Studies
dc.relation.publicationcategoryinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.snmzKA_WoS_20250125
dc.subjectEcopoetry
dc.subjectMargaret Atwood
dc.subjectDearly
dc.subjectPlasticene Suite
dc.subjectPlastic Waste
dc.titleand now we're here: the Plasticene: Ecological Awareness in Margaret Atwood's Recent Poetry Collection, Dearly
dc.typeArticle

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