English Language Literatures and Environmental Education

Authors

  • Vera Lúcia Lopes Cristovão Universidade Estadual de Londrina
  • Vinícius Neves de Cabral Universidade Estadual de Londrina

Abstract

The current alarming situation of the environment calls for special attention from all areas, as highlighted by Law no. 9.795, April, 1999, among others, the Literature produced in the English Language focused on this paper. The rise of a new research area of literary analysis in the second half of the twentieth century, the ecocriticism, shows that the literary studies are also concerned with the environmental crisis. Being part of the teacher education program, the disciplines of English and American Literature were analyzed based on the theoretical background of environmental education and literature so as to point out possible common grounds of these areas. The objectives of Environmental Education (EE), according to the Belgrade Letter, the subjects appointed by Tozoni-Reis and the ecocriticism allowed us to indicate viable ways of contribution from literary studies to EE. However, we advocate in favor of an interdisciplinary focus on both the disciplines in order to increase their positive future effects.

Keywords: Environmental Education, Literatures in English, Ecocriticism.

Author Biographies

Vera Lúcia Lopes Cristovão, Universidade Estadual de Londrina

Professora associada da Universidade Estadual de Londrina (UEL), membro do Programa de Pós Graduação em Estudos da Linguagem (PPGEL-UEL) e líder do grupo de pesquisa Linguagem e Educação (desde 2002). É bolsista de Produtividade em Pesquisa do CNPq desde março de 2013.

Vinícius Neves de Cabral, Universidade Estadual de Londrina

Aluno de Mestrado do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Educação da Universidade Estadual de Londrina

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Published

2016-02-23

How to Cite

Cristovão, V. L. L., & Cabral, V. N. de. (2016). English Language Literatures and Environmental Education. Calidoscópio, 14(1), 134–144. Retrieved from https://www.revistas.unisinos.br/index.php/calidoscopio/article/view/cld.2016.141.12

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Vol. 14 No. 1 (2016): January/April

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