They too are Casualties: The Toll on the Ecology in Nigerian Civil War Literature
Critical scholarship on the literature of the Nigerian Civil War tends to dwell mostly on the human tragedy, often neglecting other nonhuman casualties of war. I identify the use of the environment as a tool of war in the theatre of combat especially during violent confrontations between the figh...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | deu |
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Editura Universităţii Aurel Vlaicu Arad
2022-05-01
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| Series: | Journal of Humanistic and Social Studies |
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| Online Access: | http://www.jhss.ro/downloads/25/articles/vol%2013%20no%201%20(25)%202022-33-47.pdf |
| Summary: | Critical scholarship on the literature of the Nigerian Civil War tends to
dwell mostly on the human tragedy, often neglecting other nonhuman casualties
of war. I identify the use of the environment as a tool of war in the theatre of
combat especially during violent confrontations between the fighting troops and
will analyse how this is depicted in selected war narratives on the
Nigeria–Biafra war. By focusing on the effects of the war on the ecology, my
study invites a more holistic examination of the total landscape of war bearing in
mind the entanglements and shared vulnerabilities between humans and
nonhumans. It also admits to an intersection between war literature and
ecocriticism for if there are claims of genocide because of the perceived
vulnerability of a group of humans during the war, then there are also evidences
of ecocide as a result of the attacks on the defenceless nonhuman entities within
the domain of war. |
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| ISSN: | 2067-6557 2247-2371 |