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Environmental Consciousness in Joachim du Bellay's Divers jeux rustiques and 'Au fleuve de Loire'

Majeed, Masnoon
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1533077251523474

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2018, Master of Arts, Miami University, French, Italian, and Classical Studies.
This thesis, written in English, aims to demonstrate that many of Joachim du Bellay’s poems in Divers jeux rustiques and Vers Lyriques disclose a conscious way of perceiving the environment. A detailed analysis of `D’un vanneur de ble aux vents’ reveals how the poem questions the privileging of humans in their relationship with the environment by dismantling the environment-human binary. I examine the symbolism of Roman mythology in `A Ceres, A Bacchus et A Pales’ and `D’un berger a Pan’ in order to explain how this symbolism represents the dependency of humans on their environment and creates the possibility of converting arduous rural chores into meaningful and pleasurable activities. Lastly, I explain how the poem `Au Fleuve de Loire’ can be read as a cartographic poem that highlights the economic, literary, and environmental importance of the Loire river. I conclude that these poems exemplify a consciousness that rejoices, reinforces, and recognizes the role of the environment in the lives of its inhabitants.
Elisabeth Hodges, Dr. (Advisor)
Korta Jeremie, Dr. (Committee Member)
Klosowska Anna, Dr. (Committee Member)
40 p.
Literature
Environment, Joachim du Bellay, Divers Jeux Rustiques, Nature, French literature, ecocritisicm, Human-environment relationship, Au fleuve de Loire, Renaissance literature, Early modern literature, rivers, French poetry, agency, perception, mythology

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  • Majeed, M. (2018). Environmental Consciousness in Joachim du Bellay's Divers jeux rustiques and 'Au fleuve de Loire' [Master's thesis, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1533077251523474

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Majeed, Masnoon. Environmental Consciousness in Joachim du Bellay's Divers jeux rustiques and 'Au fleuve de Loire'. 2018. Miami University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1533077251523474.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Majeed, Masnoon. "Environmental Consciousness in Joachim du Bellay's Divers jeux rustiques and 'Au fleuve de Loire'." Master's thesis, Miami University, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1533077251523474

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