Ecology in Canada: Sonic Waterscapes, Literary Waterways, Photo-Lyric Water Soundtracks

In this essay I intend to demonstrate how soundscapes might be harbingers of environmental crises and, consequently, how literature translates those same soundscapes and the stories they have to tell. While exploring soundscapes as theorized by Raymond Murray Schafer (1933-2021), one of the most ren...

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Main Author: Carmen Concilio
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures at the University of Verona 2022-06-01
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Online Access:https://iperstoria.it/article/view/1166
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description In this essay I intend to demonstrate how soundscapes might be harbingers of environmental crises and, consequently, how literature translates those same soundscapes and the stories they have to tell. While exploring soundscapes as theorized by Raymond Murray Schafer (1933-2021), one of the most renowned Canadian composers and communication scholars, this contribution also aims to detect his influence on Canadian writers and artists in their literary and creative renditions of Canada’s most characterizing waterscapes.
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spelling doaj.art-dcb281a825384b8ea38dec4bdb6fd9af2022-12-22T03:32:16ZengDepartment of Foreign Languages and Literatures at the University of VeronaIperstoria2281-45822022-06-0101910.13136/2281-4582/2022.i19.11661019Ecology in Canada: Sonic Waterscapes, Literary Waterways, Photo-Lyric Water SoundtracksCarmen Concilio0University of TorinoIn this essay I intend to demonstrate how soundscapes might be harbingers of environmental crises and, consequently, how literature translates those same soundscapes and the stories they have to tell. While exploring soundscapes as theorized by Raymond Murray Schafer (1933-2021), one of the most renowned Canadian composers and communication scholars, this contribution also aims to detect his influence on Canadian writers and artists in their literary and creative renditions of Canada’s most characterizing waterscapes.https://iperstoria.it/article/view/1166literary ecologycanadian studiessoundscapewaterr. murray schafera. michaelsm. creates
spellingShingle Carmen Concilio
Ecology in Canada: Sonic Waterscapes, Literary Waterways, Photo-Lyric Water Soundtracks
Iperstoria
literary ecology
canadian studies
soundscape
water
r. murray schafer
a. michaels
m. creates
title Ecology in Canada: Sonic Waterscapes, Literary Waterways, Photo-Lyric Water Soundtracks
title_full Ecology in Canada: Sonic Waterscapes, Literary Waterways, Photo-Lyric Water Soundtracks
title_fullStr Ecology in Canada: Sonic Waterscapes, Literary Waterways, Photo-Lyric Water Soundtracks
title_full_unstemmed Ecology in Canada: Sonic Waterscapes, Literary Waterways, Photo-Lyric Water Soundtracks
title_short Ecology in Canada: Sonic Waterscapes, Literary Waterways, Photo-Lyric Water Soundtracks
title_sort ecology in canada sonic waterscapes literary waterways photo lyric water soundtracks
topic literary ecology
canadian studies
soundscape
water
r. murray schafer
a. michaels
m. creates
url https://iperstoria.it/article/view/1166
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