Nature- Inspired Identity: The Quest for Wholeness in Chenjerai Hove’s Blind Moon
راشد, ., حسن, . (2022). Nature- Inspired Identity: The Quest for Wholeness in Chenjerai Hove’s Blind Moon. EKB Journal Management System, 19(19), 107-128. doi: 10.21608/jfpsu.2021.66869.1050
يسرا مصطفى راشد; إسلام أحمد حسن. "Nature- Inspired Identity: The Quest for Wholeness in Chenjerai Hove’s Blind Moon". EKB Journal Management System, 19, 19, 2022, 107-128. doi: 10.21608/jfpsu.2021.66869.1050
راشد, ., حسن, . (2022). 'Nature- Inspired Identity: The Quest for Wholeness in Chenjerai Hove’s Blind Moon', EKB Journal Management System, 19(19), pp. 107-128. doi: 10.21608/jfpsu.2021.66869.1050
راشد, ., حسن, . Nature- Inspired Identity: The Quest for Wholeness in Chenjerai Hove’s Blind Moon. EKB Journal Management System, 2022; 19(19): 107-128. doi: 10.21608/jfpsu.2021.66869.1050

Nature- Inspired Identity: The Quest for Wholeness in Chenjerai Hove’s Blind Moon

مجلة کلية الآداب .جامعة بورسعيد
Article 28, Volume 19, Issue 19, January 2022, Page 107-128  XML PDF (430.69 K)
Document Type: المقالة الأصلية
DOI: 10.21608/jfpsu.2021.66869.1050
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Authors
يسرا مصطفى راشد email ; إسلام أحمد حسن
قسم اللغة الإنجليزية وآدابها، کلية الآداب، جامعة المنصورة
Abstract
Abstract
This paper attempts to examine the use of environmental elements to represent natural features in the poetry of Chenjerai Hove (1956- 2015) and specifically in his book Blind Moon (2003). It illustrates a theoretical background on ecocriticism and ecopoetry as tools to show how Hove explored and expressed humanity’s quest for identity and a place on Earth and examining his poetry in this way sheds light on the idea of ‘nature’ and investigates several questions regarding our interconnectedness and relatedness. Hove is a Zimbabwean poet who wrote extensively on Africa, nature, heritage and the preservation of one’s identity. He always makes use of African and Zimbabwean traditions and conventions. Hove's poetry offers a close investigation of the psychological and social views of nature and the rural areas and features. He died in 2015while living in exile in Norway. after fiercely rejecting the policies of the Mugabe authority. This paper attempts to examine selected poems by Hove from Blind Moon using ecocriticism approach in order to answer the following questions: 1. What is meant by ecocriticism? 2. What are the environmental issues inscribed in his poems? 3. What elements of thought could be identified about human responsibility towards environment in the poem?

المستخلص باللغة العربية
يحاول هذا البحث دراسة العناصر البيئية لتمثيل السمات الطبيعية المستخدمة في أشعار الشاعر تشينجيراي هوف (1956-2015) وبالتحديد في کتابه (قمر أعمي) الصادر عام 2003 . يوضح البحث خلفية نظرية حول النقد البيئي والشعر البيئي کأدوات لإظهار کيفية استکشاف "هوف" للبيئة للتعبير عن سعي البشرية للهوية ومکان أفضل نقاء على الأرض. کان هوف شاعرًا من زيمبابوي و کتب کثيرًا عن إفريقيا والطبيعة والتراث والحفاظ على هوية الفرد ، علي الرغم من أنه کاتب متعدد المواهب فقد کتب الکثير من المقالات، الروايات، القصص القصيرة و الأشعار و قد بدأ مسيرته الأدبية کشاعر. إعتاد "هوف" على التعريف بشکل مکثف بالتقاليد والأعراف الأفريقية الأصيلة. توفي "هوف" في عام 2015 أثناء وجوده في المنفى بالنرويج بسبب معارضته الشديدة ونقده اللاذع لسياسات حکومة موغابي. تحاول هذه الورقة فحص قصائد مختارة لهوف من مجلد" قمر أعمي" باستخدام نهج النقد البيئي للإجابة على الأسئلة التالية: 1. ماذا يقصد بالنقد البيئي؟ 2 . ما هي القضايا البيئية المدرجة في قصائده؟ 3 . ما هي عناصر البيئة التي يمکن تحديدها حول مسؤولية الإنسان في قصائده؟
Keywords
تشينجراي هوف; شعر بيئي; الثورة; البيئة; Chenjerai Hove; ecopoetry; revolt; environment
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