Localism in contemporary literature

Abstract

Nature has a pivotal role in the lives of humans, especially artists and poets. Ecological criticism, or ecocriticism, is an interdisciplinary study of literature and the environment that concerns environmental issues in literary works. Ecocriticism falls under valuable literary criticism studies that radically deal with the relationship between nature and literature. This criticism aims to change attitudes toward the environment through culture and literature to improve the critical situation of the environment. Ecocriticism basics concerned with the main works of art using an eco-centric perspective aimed at directing human thoughts to properly utilize the environmental resources. The goal here is to investigate the position of nature in the language, expression and content of contemporary poems. This study is based on library sources and uses a collection of published works of poets. Research findings reveal that nature plays a clear role in these poems; however, this role may be different by the poet’s attitude, poetic tendency, form, worldview, and living place.  The poetic language usually goes through a simple to complicated trend, which is applicable in figurative speeches, similes, symbolism and allegories depending on the poetic power. Each poet sets out specific goals for using the subject of nature, which also constitute their preoccupations.