The Missing Soluch and ecosophy

Subject Areas : Persian language and literature texts

Nastaran khosravi ¹ , عطاالله Koupal ²

1 - دانش آموخته ی رشته ی زبان و ادبیات انگلیسی دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی واحد کرج، ایران
2 - استادیار گروه زبان و ادبیات فارسی دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی واحد کرج، ایران.

Received: 2016-08-31 Accepted : 2016-08-31 Published : 2014-11-22

Keywords: فلسفه بوم شناختی, جنبش بوم شناختی ژرف, خودشناسی جمعی, هم زیستی, مقاومت بدون خشونت,

Abstract :

     Arne Naess, the Norwegian philosopher, coined the word Ecosophy in 1970. His philosophy is the basis to a political movement called The Deep Ecology Movement. The emphasis on the word “deep” is to indicate that the movement is after fundamental changes in the way people think and act toward nature. Also, Ecosophy asserts that its followers can permanently review and revise their thought and action. The ultimate goal of the Deep Ecology Movement is Self-realization through nonviolent resistance. Each member of the movement can create her own Ecosophy as long as it includes Naess-Sesseions’ platform. Naess’s personal ecosophy is Ecosophy T.      Ecosophy is not a literary approach but the researcher believes that it has the capacity to become one. It can fill the gaps where Literary Ecocriticism does not assume as its realm. Accordingly, the researcher has applied some of the key concepts introduced by Arne Naess on the novel Missing Soluch by Mahmoud Dowlatabadi. Naess putsdiversity, complexity, and symbiosis under the umbrella term Self-realization while truth and fearlessness go under nonviolent resistance. These concepts are tightly interwoven and interdependent as the the novel proves them to be. The research shows that all the introduced concepts can be more or less found and discussed in the novel. In this sense, the chosen literary text is capable of being read through Ecosophy.