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GATE 2023 XH2 (English) – Question 65

Critical Theories and Intellectual Traditions · Interdisciplinary Fields: Cultural studies, film and media studies, memory and trauma studies, Dalit and subaltern studies, environmental, medical and digital humanities · 2 marks · Multiple select

What does a green reading of a text aim at?

  1. Analyzing the implications of a text for environmental concerns
  2. Deconstructing human exceptionalism
  3. Studying connections between humans, society and the non-human world
  4. Marginalizing differently abled people

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Correct answer: (A) Analyzing the implications of a text for environmental concerns; (B) Deconstructing human exceptionalism; (C) Studying connections between humans, society and the non-human world

Explanation

Ecocriticism (a green reading) studies how texts treat the environment and the links between humans and the non-human world, and it questions the idea that humans are exceptional. It does not aim to marginalise anyone.