Abstract
Postcolonial ecocriticism develops in the ecocrtitical turn of postcolonialism, and as the new development of postcolonialism, it is grounded on postcolonialism and ecocriticism, starting with and ending in the study of postcolonialism. This paper starts with a retrospective analysis of postcolonialism and then it examines postcolonial ecocriticism's theoretical sources in terms of ecological thoughts, history of colonialization, ecological imperialism and postcolonialism. The paper proceeds to summarize three main tasks of postcolonial ecocriticism, namely, tracing the historical connection between racism and speciesism, exposing the paradox between development and conservation of environment, and interpreting animal and environment writings in literary discourses, so as to expose the imperial hegemonic cultural grounds for the global deterioration of ecological environment. Postcolonial ecocriticism is still an emerging cultural and literary theory, and the study of which may bring inspiration for the balance between the conservation of ecological environment and economic development in China.
First Page
197
Last Page
204
Recommended Citation
Miao, Fuguang. 2015. "Postcolonial Ecocriticism: Greening Studies of Postcolonialism." Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art 35, (2): pp.197-204. https://tsla.researchcommons.org/journal/vol35/iss2/11
