6/29/2023 0 Comments Dr seuss the lorax 1972Animation is a culturally determined vocabulary, interpreted and applied differently by individual animators, hence, all animation inevitably carry some form of authorial signature or/and "studio style". The distinct language of animation is evidently defined by multiple characteristics. On the other hand, Bambi, the Prince of the Forest, stands for the environment as an ecological sublime – that is – the Wilderness trope is worthy of awe and wonder. Consumption is driven by the industrial capitalism's profit motive and the "jobs –jobs –jobs" rhetoric adopted by the industrialist Once-ler in The Lorax. The selected enviro-toons strongly articulate ecological crisis – hunting, species loss, pollution, deforestation and overproduction. The depiction of the wilderness and the representation of nonhuman animals provide a rich context to investigate ideology and power to explore oppressive practices of contemporary society. The premise of the study is the ethical and environmental implications as exemplified in the two selected enviro-toons: Disney's Bambi (1942) and Dr. Yet, with the move toward ecocritical Film Studies, there is a place for work on animated feature films. The current study is an attempt to fill in a gap in Ecocriticism which until recently has focused on literature defined as Nature Writing poetry, fiction and drama. Seuss's The Lorax (1972): An Ecocritical Approach to Enviro-toons Screening Nature in Walt Disney's Bambi (1942) and Dr.
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