Just a Thought About….Space
Ecocriticism, Space, and Place By : Brielle Smith When you think of your home how would you describe it. Would you think of it as somewhere warm, a place your comfortable where you could even recall the smell? Now think about that plot of land for sale you’ve passed by, uninhabited by any structure or bonds. Now put them together and think of a plot of land you’ve bought, and turned into your dream home. You’ve just now turned a space to a place! The book Literary theory by Mary Klages discusses ecocriticism, which essentially asks why we privilege humans over nature. Within this we can understand the difference between space and place, but can a space turned place be somewhere negative? I believe it can and to prove this we will look into the Native American Urban Relocation. First you need to understand the difference between space and place. Look at it like this: SPACE Klages described space as “a territory that has not been marked by any particular bond, affect, or social tie” PLAC...
