ABSTRACT

Within a material ecocritical framework, this article investigates the fatal consequences of toxicity on human beings, nonhuman entities, and the physical environment as reflected in Latife Tekin's Berji Kristin: Tales from the Garbage Hills (1984) and John Burnside's Glister (2008). By emphasizing the agentic and narrative quality of matter, and by unearthing the trans-corporeal interactions between human/nonhuman bodies and the material world, it throws light on the materiality of the human body, explores the narrative agencies of storied matter, and unveils the disturbing stories the densely toxified lands and toxic bodies tell. The article examines how these two novels, albeit set in distinct geographies and cultures, interact with each other to delineate the complex human-nonhuman interactions in the production of toxic environments and marginalized toxic bodies. Such venture in works of eco-fiction coincides with the main objective of material ecocriticism, which draws attention to the stories inherent in the material world to prevent further human devastation.

摘要

在一个重要的生态批评框架内，本文研究了毒性对人类，非人类实体和物理环境的致命后果，这一点在Latife Tekin的《Berji Kristin：垃圾故事》（1984年）和John Burnside的Glister中得到了反映。（2008）。通过强调物质的代理和叙述质量，并发掘人类/非人体与物质世界之间的跨身体相互作用，它阐明了人类的物质性，探索了故事的叙述机构，并揭示了令人毛骨悚然的故事，浓密的土地和有毒的尸体告诉我们。本文研究了这两种小说，尽管背景和文化背景各异，但它们如何相互作用以描绘出在有毒环境和边缘化有毒物体产生中复杂的人与人之间的相互作用。这种对生态小说作品的冒险与对物质生态批评的主要目标相吻合，从而引起人们对物质世界内在故事的关注，以防止人类进一步遭受破坏。