Matka Země a její setba: Ekofeministický a ekokritický pohled na Podobenství o rozsévači Octavie E. Butlerové

• Authors: Rohová Karla

Title variants

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MOTHER EARTH AND HER SEED: OCTAVIA E. BUTLER’S PARABLE OF THE SOWER FROM AN ECOFEMINIST AND ECOCRITICAL PERSPECTIVE

• Languages of publication: CS

Abstracts

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This article discusses the novel Parable of the Sower (1993) by the African American futuristic writer Octavia Estelle Butler. Its analysis focuses on two main aspects of the novel: the Earthseed religion, which the main character Olamina creates in response to an eco-apocalypse, and the hyperempathy syndrome, which allows her to share pain and pleasure with living beings, including animals. These aspects are further assessed mainly from ecocritical and ecofeminist perspectives: Olamina’s perception of both living and inanimate nature are examined, as well as the the degree of sustainability of Olamina’s solution to the crisis proposed in her diary.

Keywords

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Octavia Estelle Butler; Parable of the Sower; ecocriticism; ecofeminism; eco-apocalypse

• Publisher: Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Arts, Czech Republic
• Journal: Svět literatury – Časopis pro novodobé literatury (World of Literature – Journal for Modern Literatures)
• Year: 2022
• Volume: 32
• Issue: 66
• Pages: 49-66

Contributors

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Rohová Karla