АУТОР(И) / AUTHOR(S): Tanja S. Cvetković
DOI: 10.46793/LIPAR86.097C
САЖЕТАК / ABSTRACT:
The paper explores the relationship between man and nature in Thoreau’s posthumously published work, travelogue, Cape Cod (1865). In this work Thoreau further theorizes his philosophy of nature and his wakefulness doctrine. By contemplating on the death in the ocean and the shipwrecked St. John, Thoreau comprehends the nature’s power and indifference as well as the inevitability of overcoming obstacles that might stand in the way of man’s meaningful relationship with it. Towards the end of the book Thoreau draws a conclusion that nature consists of man’s own perceptions, and the author of the paper further dwells on the issues of how man sees nature, what antidote to the state of disjunction is proposed in the book, how Thoreau’s awakening is raised in the book, how man’s actions of destroying and creating are perceived in nature and where they lead to. Is there a step forward? Is there a future in the light of these dark comprehensions? And how can this piece of writing be put in the context of contemporary challenges man faces. These are some of the questions that the author of the paper poses for reflection and tries to answer. The views presented in the paper are supported by Scott Slovic’s ideas of man’s relationship with nature expressed in terms of conjunction and disjunction.
КЉУЧНЕ РЕЧИ / KEYWORDS:
landscape, death, contemplation, awakening, conjunction, disjunction
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