Nature in crisis: An ecological construction and conservation of the environment in Swazi oral literature
Nature in crisis: An ecological construction and conservation of the environment in Swazi oral literature
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危机中的自然：斯威士兰口头文学中的生态建设和环境保护
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2014
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E. M. Sone
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E. M. Sone
口头文学是人类创造和利用的最古老的艺术形式之一。斯威士兰人通过歌曲、赞美诗、故事、谜语和谚语等口头文学的使用，表明了他们对自然和环境的热爱和重视。本文的目的是展示斯威士兰口头文学中表达的价值观如何与产生这些价值观的斯威士兰人民的生态智慧相一致。本文论证了环境保护与口头文学保护的辩证关系。它是基于这样一个假设，即斯威士兰口头艺术家在口头文学的创作和演绎中受到他们周围环境的启发。该文件还认为，斯威士兰口头文学提供了文本网站，代表人类，其他生物和环境之间的复杂互动。自然环境在人类的创造性想象力中起着至关重要的作用，因此，应当为子孙后代保护和养护自然环境。本文以生态批判方法为背景，最后建议，除其他外，应当鼓励和促进斯威士兰人保护和分享传统环境知识，这不仅是为了保护环境，也是口头文学的交流之源
Oral literature is one of the oldest art forms ever created and utilized by mankind. Swazis’ use of oral literature through songs, praises, stories, riddles and proverbs shows how they love and value nature and the environment. The aim of this paper is to show how values expressed in Swazi oral literature are consistent with the ecological wisdom of the Swazi people who produce them. The paper demonstrates the dialectical relationship between environmental conservation and the preservation of oral literature. It is predicated on the hypothesis that Swazi oral artists are inspired in the composition and rendition of oral literature by their immediate environment. The paper further contends that Swazi oral literature offers textual sites that represent complex interactions between humans, other living beings and the environment. The natural environment should therefore be protected and conserved for posterity since it plays a vital role in the creative imagination of man. Written against the background of an ecocritical approach, this paper concludes by recommending, among other things, that Swazis should be encouraged and facilitated to preserve and share traditional environmental knowledge, not only for the conservation of the environment, but also for the cross-fertilization of oral literature.