The Good and the Wild in Nature: H. D. Thoreau’s Walden "1854" and J. Krakauer’s into the Wild "1997"
| المصدر: | دراسات معاصرة |
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| الناشر: | المركز الجامعي الونشريسي تيسمسيلت - مخبر الدراسات النقدية والأدبية المعاصرة |
| المؤلف الرئيسي: | Tahir, Assala Yousra (Author) |
| مؤلفين آخرين: | Senouci, Faiza Merebebche (Co-Author) |
| المجلد/العدد: | مج8, ع1 |
| محكمة: | نعم |
| الدولة: |
الجزائر |
| التاريخ الميلادي: |
2024
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| الشهر: | جوان |
| الصفحات: | 485 - 496 |
| DOI: |
10.37172/1901-008-001-044 |
| ISSN: |
2571-9882 |
| رقم MD: | 1479652 |
| نوع المحتوى: | بحوث ومقالات |
| اللغة: | الإنجليزية |
| قواعد المعلومات: | AraBase |
| مواضيع: | |
| كلمات المؤلف المفتاحية: |
Henry David Thoreau | Into the Wild | Jon Krakauer | Nature | Wilderness
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| رابط المحتوى: |
| المستخلص: |
American Transcendentalism was a philosophical and religious movement in the 19th century that advocated for simple living and interconnection with nature. As a response to the sudden shift to a fast-paced lifestyle, Americans began to view nature as a refuge where they could achieve a greater sense of freedom. Hence, this paper examines Henry David Thoreau’s Walden and Jon Krakauer’s Into the Wild and how both of them utilized nature, more specifically the wilderness as a means to achieve “ultimate freedom”. The two protagonists in these works share a similar conceptualization of nature and how it evokes spiritual awakening and a rejection to social norms yet experience it differently. Therefore, this article follows a comparative perspective of the human experiences and interpretations of wilderness and nature in two case studies while shedding light on two main aspects: the Good and the Wild from the lens of Thoreau’s solitary experience at Walden Pond and the ideals of human-nature relationship found in Krakauer’s nonfiction biography in recounting the captivating story of Chris McCandless. The findings reveal how McCandless’ idealistic romanticization views on nature resulted in a tragic denouement, his own death. Thus, the most practical approach with remote wildness is to accept both the Good and the Wild without any biases or idealization. |
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| ISSN: |
2571-9882 |
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