Gary Snyder's Postmodern Urban Construction and Ecological Narratives

Abstract

Abstract: Faced with the ecological anxieties over and fragmented natural experiences within the postmodern urban space, Gary Snyder's postmodern urban narratives weave an urban ecological web resembling the Indra's net, in which the natural beings and artificial products co-exist equally, deconstructing the dichotomy between nature and civilization. Snyder contends that everything belongs to “one world” and forms a natural view with “no nature”. Furthermore, Snyder proposes a peaceful reinhabitation in cities through ecological practices, claiming that only by returning to the local place and staying rooted in the ecological community can we rebuild the land and construct the “real city”.

Key words: Gary Snyder, postmodern city, ecological narrative, no nature, reinhabitation

Ma Te. Gary Snyder's Postmodern Urban Construction and Ecological Narratives[J]. Foreign Literature Studies, 2019, 41(4): 75-88.

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