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| Abstract : Perpustakaan Tuanku Bainun |
| Eco-images of land and landscape is a conception that showcases the physical environment and the natural world. This study intended to explore how Muhammad Haji Salleh utilizes the concepts of land and landscape as ecocritically functional in his poetry. It is mainly focused to have explore the representations of the interconnectedness between identity and land as embodied in the selected poems of Muhammad Haji Salleh. Ecocriticism is an aspect of literary theory, which has been growing swiftly since the early 1990s that focuses mainly on the study of the relationship between humans and the natural world. Through the theoretical framework of ecocriticism, the researcher has examined and classified nine poems of Muhammad Haji Salleh_s collection entitled Rowing Down Two Rivers according to the theme and message conveyed. The methodology of analysis consists of three waves referring to the phases in ecocriticism in accordance to the three distinctive objectives of the study. Accordingly, the analysis of the selected poems carried out in three chapters. It reveals Muhammad Haji Salleh_s ecocritical perception of the Malaysian landscape are strongly represented in his poetry through three different faces; ecocentric, interconnected, and ecological consciousness. Thus, the results of the research have demonstrated that Muhammad Haji Salleh can be regarded as an ecocritical writer who frequently uses ecological imagery of landscapes and land in his works. This study has brought impacts in creating and spreading public awareness on appreciating and preserving the Mother Earth through the portrayal and careful analysis on the beauty and strength of the natural world. The researcher believes that reading additional poems by Muhammad Haji Salleh and other Malaysian poets might provide even better and more thorough findings for future studies on the topic of the inextricable connection between individual identity and the natural world. Thus, this study shows the implications and potential of developing Malaysian ecocriticism as a means to read poetry and to understand the significance of the land-identity attachment in the psyche of Malaysians._ |
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