Nature Writing and Ecocriticism in an Era of Posthumanism: An Interview with Scott Slovic

Foreign Literature Studies ›› 2020, Vol. 42 ›› Issue (1): 1-13.

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Nature Writing and Ecocriticism in an Era of Posthumanism: An Interview with Scott Slovic

Shi Haiyu, Scott Slovic

Online:2020-02-25 Published:2021-02-26
About author:Shi Haiyu is Associate Professor of English at the School of Foreign Studies, Capital University of Economics and Business (Beijing 100070, China), and director of Nature Writing Research Center. Her research interests include nature writing and ecocriticism. Email:stoney0123@163.com; Scott Slovic is Professor of Literature and Environment, Professor of Natural Resources and Society, and a faculty fellow in the Office of Research and Economic Development at the University of Idaho, USA. He has edited ISLE: Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment, and he also serves as a co-editor of the book series, Routledge Studies in World Literatures and the Environment and Routledge Environmental Humanities. Email:slovic@uidaho.edu
Supported by:
“Research of the Ecocivilization-Oriented American Nature Writing” (18WXB007) sponsored by Beijing Federation of Social Science Circles; “Research of the Works of American Women Nature Writers” (SM201710038005) sponsored by Beijing Municipal Education Commission

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Abstract: Scott Slovic is a leading American ecocritic who served as the founding president of the Association for the Study of Literature and Environment (ASLE) from 1992 to 1995. Since 1995, he has been editing the journal, ISLE: Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment. His focus areas include ecocriticism, American and international environmental literature, literary nonfiction,environmental writing, Native American literature, and sustainability studies. Much of his current research and teaching focuses on “information management” (how information is collected, communicated, and received) in the contexts of humanitarian and environmental crises. This interview, which was conducted in the written form from April to June 2018, touches upon such topics as the fourth wave of ecocriticism, the influence of traditional Chinese culture on American nature writers, the role of ecofeminism, teaching practices in environmental literature, AI's influence on the relationship between humans and nature, etc. Slovic pinpoints that there is a growing pragmatism in ecocritical practice ranging from climate change literature to examinations of the substance of ecopoetic language, which is a new mode of “applied ecocriticism” spawned from the “academic ecocriticism”.

Key words: nature writing, ecocriticism, posthumanism

Shi Haiyu, Scott Slovic. Nature Writing and Ecocriticism in an Era of Posthumanism: An Interview with Scott Slovic[J]. Foreign Literature Studies, 2020, 42(1): 1-13.

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