Landscapes of harm: Environmental crime and the passive witness in children’s graphic narratives
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https://doi.org/10.60923/issn.1825-8670/23404Parole chiave:
Environmental crime, Child agency, Graphic narratives, Ecocriticism, Simon StålenhagAbstract
A differenza delle narrazioni tradizionali che seguono lo schema «reato-soluzione-risanamento», il crimine ambientale si manifesta come una condizione pervasiva, continua e irrisolvibile che permea i paesaggi e l’esperienza vissuta. Questo paradigma si concretizza attraverso spazi contaminati e protagonisti infantili che si trasformano da agenti attivi a testimoni passivi di un danno sistemico. Questo studio esamina come le narrazioni visive di Simon Stålenhag sfidino la rappresentazione convenzionale del crimine nella letteratura per l’infanzia. Attraverso l’analisi di Things from the Flood (2016), The Electric State (2018) e The Labyrinth (2021), propongo il “crimine ambientale” come nuovo quadro critico per comprendere i testi contemporanei per l’infanzia che affrontano il danno sistemico e la crisi ambientale. La mia analisi rivela come le opere di Stålenhag posizionino i bambini come testimoni di disastri ambientali e fallimenti istituzionali che superano la comprensione o la risposta individuale. Il quadro del crimine ambientale offre nuove direzioni per gli studi sulla letteratura poliziesca per l’infanzia e approcci eco-critici ai testi per bambini. Questo studio fornisce spunti teorici per comprendere come la letteratura per l’infanzia contemporanea rappresenti crisi sistemiche che superano i modelli di risoluzione tradizionali. Ancora più importante, l’urgenza di questo quadro è sottolineata dai casi in corso di danno ambientale che colpiscono i bambini in tutto il mondo.
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