Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Celal Bayar Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, cilt.16, sa.1/2, ss.27-46, 2018 (Hakemli Dergi)
This article primarily aims to present material ecocriticism as a newlyemerging and paradigm-changing outlook in the studies ofenvironment and literature. Extending the scope of literary andcultural studies to encompass the study of animated films, it firstintroduces material ecocriticism as a theoretical background inrelation to ecocriticism’s developmental steps. Then, by referring to thetheories foregrounded by Serenella Iovino and Serpil Oppermann, itanalyses Seth Boyden’s short animated film entitled An Object at Rest(2015) as a case in point. The film exemplifies especially what Jeffrey J.Cohen contends about stone as a narrative site. By highlighting thestory-telling qualities of the stone, the article sheds light on howanimated films with ecological orientations may be used as “heuristicstrategies” to discuss human-nature relations in a posthuman context.