Lumberjanes e Hilda, serie a fumetti scout tra ecocritica ed ecofemminismo

• Authors: Dalila Forni

Title variants

EN

Lumberjanes and Hilda: Comic Series on Scouts between Ecocriticism and Ecofeminism

Abstracts

IT

Tra le forme della letteratura per l’infanzia che si occupano del complesso rapporto tra umanità e natura, il fumetto costituisce un genere in grado di offrire diversi spunti di riflessione per ragazzi/e sul tema. In particolare, la fiction ha recentemente rivisitato il movimento scout, aprendolo a nuovi valori in relazione all’identità e al rapporto con l’ambiente. Il presente articolo prende in considerazione due serie a fumetti sullo scoutismo, Hilda (Luke Pearson, 2010–2019) e Lumberjanes (Noelle Stevenson, 2014–2020). Entrambe narrano la storia di un gruppo eterogeneo di personaggi alle prese con attività di scoutismo: le storie, ambientate in contesti naturali, ritraggono la crescita di giovani e peculiari personaggi che, proprio attraverso il contatto costante con l’ambiente naturale, svilupperanno un forte rispetto tanto per la natura, quanto per il gruppo dei pari, in una convivenza pacifica, seppur avventuriera, con l’ambiente e con le diverse forme di vita che lo abitano. Il saggio intende elaborare un primo stato dell’arte che evidenzi nuovi filoni interpretativi in questo genere letterario attraverso una lente ecocritica ed ecofemminista. Lo studio esplora in ottica comparativa le due opere, così da mostrare come le narrazioni a fumetti possano presentare interessanti dinamiche ecologiche ed egualitarie, in questo caso attraverso lo strumento dello scoutismo.

EN

Among the forms of children’s literature that deal with the complex relationship between humanity and nature, comics can offer various insights on the topic for boys and girls. In particular, children’s stories have recently revitalized the scout movement, interpreting it through new values related to identity, gender and ecology. This paper will consider two comic book series on scouting, Hilda (Luke Pearson, 2011–2019) and Lumberjanes (Noelle Stevenson, 2014–2020). Both works tell the story of a diverse group of characters involved in scouting activities: the stories, developed in natural settings, portray the growth of young and peculiar characters who, through constant contact with the environment, show a strong respect for both nature and the peer group, in a peaceful and adventurous coexistence with the environment and the different forms of life that inhabit it. The essay aims to develop a first state of the art that highlights new interpretative strands in this literary genre through an ecocritical and ecofeminist lens. The study explores the two works in a comparative perspective, so as to show how comic book narratives can present interesting ecological and egalitarian dynamics, in this case through the experience of scouting.

Keywords

EN

Comics; Children’s Literature; Scout; Ecocriticism; Ecofeminism

IT

fumetti; letteratura per ragazzi; scoutismo; eco-critica; ecofemminismo

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek
• Journal: Italica Wratislaviensia
• Year: 2022
• Issue: 13.1
• Pages: 75-96

Dates

published

2022

Contributors

author

Dalila Forni

• Università di Firenze, Italia

• https://orcid.org/0000000219283181

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Identifiers

DOI

10.15804/IW.2022.13.1.04

Biblioteka Nauki

2117691