Amadou Danlami

University of Dschang – Cameroon, P.O. Box 49 Dschang

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https://doi.org/10.47721/ARJHSS20200304027

Vol 3(4), pp. 1-10, December, 2020

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ABSTRACT

Given the environmental crisis plaguing the world, this paper investigates the manner in which Linus Asong represents man’s link with nature in the novel No Way to Die. It attempts to provide an answer to the following question: how does Linus Asong portray the contact between man and nature? The work is based on the premise that the Cameroonian author depicts the relationship between human beings and other elements of the ecosystem with perspectives for improvement for the benefit of both man and nature. Second Wave Ecocriticism as outlined by Lawrence Buell is used to bring out novelist’s ecological vision which posits that human beings need to improve their relationship with, or treatment of, other elements of nature so that the rapidly degrading ecosystem is saved.

Keywords: Environment, Fiction, Ecocriticism, Degradation, Protection, Vision

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Dr Amadou Danlami is a lecturer of literature and culture in the University of Dschang with focus on the relationship between literature on the one hand and environmental protection, migration, colonialism, media and culture on the other hand. He holds a PhD in Commonwealth Literature and Culture from the University of Dschang. Prior to being a lecturer, he was a teacher of English Language and Literature in English in secondary school for twelve years within which he occupied several administrative positions. His research interest is Commonwealth Literature, Cultural studies, migration, film and media studies. He has been involved in a good number of field research projects in various capacities such as data collector, data analyst and supervisor. For example, he has worked as field worker for SHUMAS, an NGO out to promote education in Cameroon, as a data collector and analyst in the West region of Cameroon. He has written several articles and is a reviewer in some journals as well.

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Amadou, D. (2020). Ecological Perspectives in Linus T. Asong’s No Way to Die. Applied Research Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, 3(4), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.47721/ARJHSS202004027

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