الفهرس 
Anthropocentric Violations in Margaret Atwood’s Jeremiadic PoetryOnly 14 pages are availabe for public view
 |  | from | 230 |  |  |
| | | from | 230 | | |
Abstract
The current study is an attempt to focus on Atwood’s poetry in the light of Ecocriticism. It demonstrates the poet’s views in relation to the interdependence of man and Nature. Atwood’s ecopoetry is an extended enterprise that seeks formulating an alternative relationship between the inherently dichotomous construction of humankind and Nature. The outcome is supposed to be a utopian biocentric community based on love and appreciation of the former. The poet criticizes postmodern mindsets and their anthropocentric flags of progress. She looks for a constructive holistic perspective of planet Earth in which reconciliation replaces exploitation. The thesis clarifies the poet’s deconstructive perspective of the socially constructed views of the instrumental value of Nature and emphasizes its intrinsic significance. In the light of current ecological degradation and eminent myriad of environmental disasters, the poetic work of Atwood is of tremendous significance. Her poetics is a mixture of jeremiad and rhapsody, and it moves from anthropocentrism to biocentrism through the concept of ecological dwelling. Accordingly, this research helps contemporaries grow an ecocritical thinking and awakens their green consciousness in an era dominated by egoism.
According to Atwood, humanity’s way out of their current environmental dilemma lies in reconciliations rather than other types of power struggle between Nature and culture. Many poems affirm that the poet is not opposing the human culture, only the extreme destructive forms of it. Thus, there is a clear poetic voice that believes in the possible coexistence between humans and Nature. Consequently, Atwood establishes an all-inclusive myth in which man is seen included in Nature. Humans in this myth believe that they are incomplete and need to be included into a larger whole that will perfect their existence on Earth. Atwood calls for such a biocentric relationship with Earth. Humans in her eco-utopian vision of an ecologically-balanced world have duties and rights. Concurrently, they are active participants dwelling amongst other numberless fellow creatures.