Literature and Confronting Environmental Change: Exploring the Role of Literature in Models from Arabic Literature

Abstract

Objective: This research explores the role of Arabic literature in addressing the global crisis of environmental change, which presents complex challenges requiring interdisciplinary solutions. While science and technology play a crucial role in tackling this crisis, literature also has a significant function in shaping awareness, ethics, and critical perspectives on environmental issues. The study aims to identify how Arabic literary texts can contribute to this effort, complementing scientific and technological approaches.

Methods: The research examines five Arabic literary texts, both modern and classical, that represent different ways literature engages with environmental change. Using postcolonial ecocriticism as a methodological framework, the study provides an environmental reading of these texts within a global ecological literature project that emphasizes ethical considerations.

Results: The findings reveal that Arabic literary texts have effectively fulfilled representative, educational, and critical roles in addressing environmental change. Literary works highlight environmental issues and expose their hidden dimensions, critique flawed human values regarding nature and promote ecological awareness. By engaging both intellect and emotion, literature fosters a deeper understanding of the crisis.

Conclusion: The study concludes that Arabic literature should be further integrated into environmental discourse as part of a broader research initiative that collaborates with science, technology, and media. Such an interdisciplinary approach would enhance ethical awareness, acknowledge the global scale of the crisis, and contribute to more informed governmental policies toward sustainable development.