Tag: critical analysis

• Ecocentric and Anthropocentric Environmentalism: Atwood’s Critique of Specialization

  

  Atwood is essentially critiquing specialization, even within the realm of environmental studies.

  Katie Palmer

  February 20, 2020

  Nature, Works Published

  anthropocentrism, critical analysis, dystopian, eco-dystopian, ecocentrism, ecocriticism, environmental, environmental studies, generalist, literary analysis, margaret atwood, oryx and crake, specialization

• Thoreau’s Political Activism: The Construction of Unconventional Masculinity

  

  Thoreau constructs this new ideal of masculinity in order to aid society in abolishing slavery, but his texts reflect and perpetuate the racial biases that were held by society during his time.

  Katie Palmer

  August 27, 2019

  Works Published

  abolitionist, critical analysis, gender, gender analysis, gender and ethnicity analysis, henry david thoreau, literary analysis, literature, masculinity, political activism, political essays, race, thoreau, walden, white masculinity