REWRITING HERSTORY THROUGH NATURE: DORIS LESSING’S THE CLEFT

A ground-breaking novel by Doris Lessing, <em>The Cleft</em> (2007) dwells on environmental matters under the context of ecofeminism and depicts the beginnings of the first human civilisation paving the way for the Anthropocene, or in other words, the human age, reflecting the geological...

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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:a07246641f8643acba8edd64119462082021-11-24T09:20:32ZREWRITING HERSTORY THROUGH NATURE: DORIS LESSING’S THE CLEFT2148-416310.29228/JASSS.51718https://doaj.org/article/a07246641f8643acba8edd64119462082021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://jasstudies.com/index.jsp?mod=tammetin&makaleadi=9f45f46e-a160-44be-9337-171bea52dc47.pdf&key=51718https://doaj.org/toc/2148-4163A ground-breaking novel by Doris Lessing, <em>The Cleft</em> (2007) dwells on environmental matters under the context of ecofeminism and depicts the beginnings of the first human civilisation paving the way for the Anthropocene, or in other words, the human age, reflecting the geological transformation of the Earth by human impact. In the novel, a separate creation of men and women is pictured with a new type of society where women are the first humans pursuing an eco-friendly philosophy of life while men come to being later as intruders to the women’s rule. The women object to the abrupt appearance of men violently while men similarly resort to violence and commit several crimes against women in retaliation, which lays the foundations of the first anthropocentric society. However, reconciling despite their differences, the women and the men eventually form the first unified human society leaving their permanent anthropocentric print on nature. Realising their mistakes and learning from them, this budding society endeavours to pursue an environmental-friendly way of life both for humanity and the nonhuman environment, which are indeed interdependent. This study aims to analyse <em>The Cleft</em> as a narrative of the twenty-first century accentuating the vitality of the nonhuman environment and the critical role of human beings in the ongoing process of becoming. In this sense, the novel sets a valuable example for the readers in catching the gist of the new world reality at present, the Anthropocene, and finding their intricate role in the impasse of anthropogenic environmental transformations.Kübra BAYSALFırat Universityarticlethe anthropoceneecofeminismnaturehumankinddoris lessingSocial SciencesHSocial sciences (General)H1-99DEENFRTRJournal of Academic Social Science Studies , Vol 14, Iss 86, Pp 171-180 (2021)
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description	A ground-breaking novel by Doris Lessing, <em>The Cleft</em> (2007) dwells on environmental matters under the context of ecofeminism and depicts the beginnings of the first human civilisation paving the way for the Anthropocene, or in other words, the human age, reflecting the geological transformation of the Earth by human impact. In the novel, a separate creation of men and women is pictured with a new type of society where women are the first humans pursuing an eco-friendly philosophy of life while men come to being later as intruders to the women’s rule. The women object to the abrupt appearance of men violently while men similarly resort to violence and commit several crimes against women in retaliation, which lays the foundations of the first anthropocentric society. However, reconciling despite their differences, the women and the men eventually form the first unified human society leaving their permanent anthropocentric print on nature. Realising their mistakes and learning from them, this budding society endeavours to pursue an environmental-friendly way of life both for humanity and the nonhuman environment, which are indeed interdependent. This study aims to analyse <em>The Cleft</em> as a narrative of the twenty-first century accentuating the vitality of the nonhuman environment and the critical role of human beings in the ongoing process of becoming. In this sense, the novel sets a valuable example for the readers in catching the gist of the new world reality at present, the Anthropocene, and finding their intricate role in the impasse of anthropogenic environmental transformations.
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REWRITING HERSTORY THROUGH NATURE: DORIS LESSING’S THE CLEFT

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