RESPECT AND DISRESPECT NATURE BETWEEN PAST AND PRESENT
Ester Maniglia 5Esa.s. 2023/24
The relationship between man and nature today
Compared to the past, today the relationship between man and nature has changed considerably.
Today man does not pay attention to preserving the characteristics that maintain the balance of the environment and considers it an inexhaustible source for improving his own conditions, not caring about destroying a very precious asset even for himself. In fact, human activities, together with other factors, are damaging the environment, many substances derived from human activities are responsible for global climate change. These problems alarmed the population and this led to the birth of environmentalist activities and the promulgation of laws which still today, although the damage is not limited, protect the environment.
Objective 15 of the 2030 Agenda aims to safeguard terrestrial ecosystems and their biodiversity. The strategy is not limited to surviving natural environments or large biosphere reserves, but involves the entire planet, affected in every part by various forms of environmental and territorial degradation. Particular emphasis is placed on the problems of deforestation and desertification, macro-phenomena that jeopardize the livelihoods of millions of people fighting against poverty in developing countries.
The relationship between man and nature - Keats
Keats is one of the greatest lover and admirer of nature. He expresses the beauty of both real and artistic forms of nature. His love for nature is purely sensuous and he loves the beautiful sights and scenes of nature for their own sake. He believes that "A thing of beauty is a joy for ever'. He looks with child-like delight at the objects of nature.He portrays the artistic beauty of nature in his poem Ode on a Grecian urn.
This work of art has created immortal figures. Nature in any form like art will bring happiness to the world.
The relationship between man and nature - Leopardi
In Giacomo Leopardi, Nature follows the path of the author's philosophical thought: in a first period, or phase of historical pessimism, this is considered a beneficial and positive entity, since it produces solid and generous illusions that make man capable of virtue and wisdom. In the second phase, defined as cosmic pessimism, we arrive at the conception of stepmother Nature, that is, of a Nature that no longer wants Good and happiness for her children. But is the only one to blame for man's evils; is now seen as an organism that no longer cares about the suffering of individuals, on the contrary gives birth to man in order to destined him for suffering.
Leopardi therefore develops a more mechanical and materialistic vision of Nature,
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEENMAN AND NATURE is an important characteristic of the Romantic Age.
The subordination of nature to the self is emphasised in the new concept of the ‘sublime’, expounded by Edmund Burke, who held that the sublime is not a feature of nature, but a particular way of perceiving and interpreting it.
- In the literary production of Romanticism in which nature can also be dramatic, mysterious and reflect the poet’s mood.
Some Romantic writers developed the concept of nature from a consoling view, others portrayed nature as an entity which is indifferent to man’s destiny.
- The English poets delighted in the description of the marvellous and abnormal. They were attracted by faraway exotic places as a means of expanding the consciousness.
The relationship between man and nature - Wordsworth
Wordsworth shared Rousseau’s faith in the
goodness of nature aswell as inthe excellence of the child. He thought that man could achieve that good through the cultivation of his senses and feelings. He was interested in the relationship between the natural world and the human consciousness.
His poetry offers a detailed account of the complex interaction between man and nature, of the influences, insights, emotions and sensations which arise from this contact.
In his pantheistic view Wordsworth saw nature as something that includes both inanimate and human nature: each is a part of the same whole. Nature is a source of pleasure and joy,it comforts man insorrow and teaches him how to love and to act in a moral way.
The relationship between man and nature - Coleridge
Unlike Wordsworth, Coleridge did not view nature as a moral guide or a source of consolation and happiness. His contemplation ofnature was always accompanied by the awareness of the presence of the ideal in the real. For Coleridge nature had an essential role in poetic creativity because it stimulated the poet to find natural symbols that could reflect his emotions and feelings. Therefore the shapes and colours ofnature were used to represent and symbolise emotional and mental states.
RESPECT AND DISRESPECT NATURE BETWEEN PAST AND PRESENT
Ester Maniglia
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RESPECT AND DISRESPECT NATURE BETWEEN PAST AND PRESENT
Ester Maniglia 5Esa.s. 2023/24
The relationship between man and nature today
Compared to the past, today the relationship between man and nature has changed considerably.
Today man does not pay attention to preserving the characteristics that maintain the balance of the environment and considers it an inexhaustible source for improving his own conditions, not caring about destroying a very precious asset even for himself. In fact, human activities, together with other factors, are damaging the environment, many substances derived from human activities are responsible for global climate change. These problems alarmed the population and this led to the birth of environmentalist activities and the promulgation of laws which still today, although the damage is not limited, protect the environment.
Objective 15 of the 2030 Agenda aims to safeguard terrestrial ecosystems and their biodiversity. The strategy is not limited to surviving natural environments or large biosphere reserves, but involves the entire planet, affected in every part by various forms of environmental and territorial degradation. Particular emphasis is placed on the problems of deforestation and desertification, macro-phenomena that jeopardize the livelihoods of millions of people fighting against poverty in developing countries.
The relationship between man and nature - Keats
Keats is one of the greatest lover and admirer of nature. He expresses the beauty of both real and artistic forms of nature. His love for nature is purely sensuous and he loves the beautiful sights and scenes of nature for their own sake. He believes that "A thing of beauty is a joy for ever'. He looks with child-like delight at the objects of nature.He portrays the artistic beauty of nature in his poem Ode on a Grecian urn.
This work of art has created immortal figures. Nature in any form like art will bring happiness to the world.
The relationship between man and nature - Leopardi
In Giacomo Leopardi, Nature follows the path of the author's philosophical thought: in a first period, or phase of historical pessimism, this is considered a beneficial and positive entity, since it produces solid and generous illusions that make man capable of virtue and wisdom. In the second phase, defined as cosmic pessimism, we arrive at the conception of stepmother Nature, that is, of a Nature that no longer wants Good and happiness for her children. But is the only one to blame for man's evils; is now seen as an organism that no longer cares about the suffering of individuals, on the contrary gives birth to man in order to destined him for suffering.
Leopardi therefore develops a more mechanical and materialistic vision of Nature,
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEENMAN AND NATURE is an important characteristic of the Romantic Age.
The subordination of nature to the self is emphasised in the new concept of the ‘sublime’, expounded by Edmund Burke, who held that the sublime is not a feature of nature, but a particular way of perceiving and interpreting it.
Some Romantic writers developed the concept of nature from a consoling view, others portrayed nature as an entity which is indifferent to man’s destiny.
The relationship between man and nature - Wordsworth
Wordsworth shared Rousseau’s faith in the goodness of nature aswell as inthe excellence of the child. He thought that man could achieve that good through the cultivation of his senses and feelings. He was interested in the relationship between the natural world and the human consciousness.
His poetry offers a detailed account of the complex interaction between man and nature, of the influences, insights, emotions and sensations which arise from this contact.
In his pantheistic view Wordsworth saw nature as something that includes both inanimate and human nature: each is a part of the same whole. Nature is a source of pleasure and joy,it comforts man insorrow and teaches him how to love and to act in a moral way.
The relationship between man and nature - Coleridge
Unlike Wordsworth, Coleridge did not view nature as a moral guide or a source of consolation and happiness. His contemplation ofnature was always accompanied by the awareness of the presence of the ideal in the real. For Coleridge nature had an essential role in poetic creativity because it stimulated the poet to find natural symbols that could reflect his emotions and feelings. Therefore the shapes and colours ofnature were used to represent and symbolise emotional and mental states.