실용적인 수자원 활용과 지역생태의 지속성 : 매리 오스틴의 『갈수(渴水)의 땅』과 물의 순환
Practical Water Use and Bioregional Sustainability: The Hydrological Imagination in The Land of Little Rain
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Mary Austin crystallizes the autonomy of a bioregional community based on her Southwestern experience. Austin’s characters should accustom themselves to the acerbic surroundings where the dependence on modern convenience is unavailable. They should avoid both the El Dorado fantasy and excessive place-bashing. In The Land of Little Rain, rather than focusing on abstract aesthetic experience, Austin speculates on bare subsistence in the arid part of the Owens (River) Valley. The bare subsistence in the desert does not allow people to bear their exorbitant romantic yearning, whether it is a material desire or a psychological escape. She concludes that water-flow not only sustains bioregional self-sufficiency by connecting creatures, but also visualizes varieties of flora and fauna in the arid Southwest. On the condition that they wisely make use of water resource for retaining ecological sustainability, Austin does not refuse economic activities. She only warns that modern capitalism can be inclined to inordinately disorganize bioregional equilibrium. Therefore, the beauty of untouched local biota as well as that of agricultural fields can co-exist in Austin’s world. She endorses these two pastorals in The Land of Little Rain, focusing on how to keep bioregional soundness in the emergence of corporate capitalism. In short, Austin extends the semantic area of pastoral to the Southwest’s aridity.
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Mary Austin crystallizes the autonomy of a bioregional community based on her Southwestern experience. Austin’s characters should accustom themselves to the acerbic surroundings where the dependence on modern convenience is unavailable. They should avoid both the El Dorado fantasy and excessive place-bashing. In The Land of Little Rain, rather than focusing on abstract aesthetic experience, Austin speculates on bare subsistence in the arid part of the Owens (River) Valley. The bare subsistence in the desert does not allow people to bear their exorbitant romantic yearning, whether it is a material desire or a psychological escape. She concludes that water-flow not only sustains bioregional self-sufficiency by connecting creatures, but also visualizes varieties of flora and fauna in the arid Southwest. On the condition that they wisely make use of water resource for retaining ecological sustainability, Austin does not refuse economic activities. She only warns that modern capitalism can be inclined to inordinately disorganize bioregional equilibrium. Therefore, the beauty of untouched local biota as well as that of agricultural fields can co-exist in Austin’s world. She endorses these two pastorals in The Land of Little Rain, focusing on how to keep bioregional soundness in the emergence of corporate capitalism. In short, Austin extends the semantic area of pastoral to the Southwest’s aridity.
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