RT info:eu-repo/semantics/article T1 Submergence: on transatlantic ecocriticism, islands and archipelagos T2 Sumersión: sobre ecocrítica, islas y archipiélagos transatlánticos A1 Trevathan, John H. K1 Ecocriticism K1 Transatlantic studies K1 Catalan studies K1 Francesc Serés K1 José Lezama Lima K1 Hydroelectric dams K1 Francoism K1 Ecocrítica K1 Estudios transatlánticos K1 Estudios catalanes K1 Centrales hidroeléctricas K1 Franquismo K1 Literatura K1 Literature K1 Medio ambiente K1 Environmental science AB In "Yo maté a Kennedy", Manuel Vázquez Montalbán wrote with irony: “ecologicaltruth drives historical truth.” Today, the direct connection between ecological and historical truths is quite serious. In his polemical essay “Four Theses on Climate History,” Dipesh Chakrabarty argues that, in order to explain anthropogenic climate change, geological history should be included in human history. In other words, “ecological truth” should be integral to “historical truth.” What is missing in this observation is a sense of socio-political difference. What is needed is not a consideration of isolated regions, whether they are national, ecological or linguistic, but rather an analysis that investigates a constellation of social movements, objects and events. This means that transatlantic ecocriticism should consider how regions are connected, thinking in line with the logics of movements such as the "indignados", "vía campesina" or "altermundisme". This essay approaches a series of steps between Spain and Cuba, examining various texts and terrains that are stylistically and historically distinct. I focus on the tropes of the island and the archipelago in the works of Cuban poet José Lezama Lima and the Catalan writer Francesc Serés. PB Universidad de Alcalá SN 2171-9594 YR 2017 FD 2017 LK http://hdl.handle.net/10017/29604 UL http://hdl.handle.net/10017/29604 LA eng DS MINDS@UW RD 25-abr-2024