Human Interferences to Rewild the Nature Depicted in Charlotte Mcconaghy’s Once There Were Wolves

Rachmasari, Firda Aulia and Thoyib, Muhammad Edy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2099-1289 (2023) Human Interferences to Rewild the Nature Depicted in Charlotte Mcconaghy’s Once There Were Wolves. ELITE: English and Literature Journal, 10 (2). pp. 203-211. ISSN 2580-5215

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Abstract

Environmental problems have become a severe issue in recent decades. The world has started to change due to human activities that affect the natural environment. Deforestation, industrialization, burning fuels, human
overpopulation, and many more have triggered climate change. In her novel, Once There Were Wolves, Charlotte McConaghy vividly describes such a condition. This novel exposes how the Scottish Highlands begin to ruin because of the overabundant population of deer. They eat the plant shoots, and that makes the plants die. Moreover, this research intends to investigate human interferences in saving damaged nature as depicted in the novel. This study is literary criticism since it aims to analyze the object used. Furthermore, the Ecocriticism approach was employed to analyze humans' efforts to help nature return to its natural state. The research method involves a deep reading and understanding of Charlotte McConaghy’s Once There Were Wolves, with a focus on humans' efforts to rewild nature. The result reveals the portrayal of humans’ actions to help nature back into its natural state by releasing wolves as the apex predator, keeping the forest and vegetation, and finding places to grow trees. Doing those actions helps the Scottish Land back naturally. The deer population decreases, and the land becomes a beautiful place to go.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Keywords:	environment, Ecocriticism, human interferences, rewilding
Subjects:	20 LANGUAGE, COMMUNICATION AND CULTURE > 2005 Literary Studies > 200503 British and Irish Literature 20 LANGUAGE, COMMUNICATION AND CULTURE > 2005 Literary Studies > 200525 Literary Theory
Divisions:	Faculty of Humanities > Department of English Language and Letters
Depositing User:	Muhammad Edy Thoyib
Date Deposited:	12 Jan 2024 11:58

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