On the Narrative Strategies of Ecological Literary Canon from the Perspective of Environmental Communication
As an interdisciplinary issue,environmental crisis provides a realistic basis for mutual learning among related disciplines.Environmental communication scholars'emphasis on discourse and rhetoric can be seen as a reaction to the negligence of the study of literariness on the part of ecocriticism,which is characterized by strong ideological criticism from the very beginning.John Muir's"Sublime Response"pointed out by Christine Orave and Rachel Carson's"Apocalyptic Narrative"summarized by Jimmie Killingsworth and Jacqueline Palmer,the polar bears on the ice block and the monarch butterflies'collective migrating as a symbol of climate warming,the graphical presentation of drama and film works—all these four interpret the speculative space of the combination of environmental communication and ecocriticism from different perspectives.The environmental communication scholars'rational reflection on the narrative strategy of ecological literary canon undoubtedly sheds light on ecocritism and ecological creation that focus too much on the exploration of ecological thoughts.