‘The Dimension of the Symbolic’: Environmental Issues in David Malouf’s “Jacko’s Reach”

Abstract

Nelle opere di David Malouf il paesaggio naturale ricopre spesso un ruolo cruciale: lungi dall’essere un semplice sfondo narrativo, esso diventa il vero e proprio protagonista della sua indagine del rapporto tra l’uomo e la natura. Nella presente analisi di “Jacko’s Reach”, il più breve dei racconti contenuti nell’antologia Dream Stuff, ci si concentra in particolare su due preoccupazioni ambientali che emergono da una lettura approfondita dell’opera: il rapporto tra spazio e identità (e il passaggio dalla dimensione fisica a quella simbolica) e il problema della deprivazione territoriale quale politica neocoloniale e delle sue possibili soluzioni.

DOI: 10.17456/SIMPLE-76

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