The Anthropocentric Trans Corporal Relationship Between Human and Nature: A Critical Post Human Discursive Analysis of The Overstory

Abstract

The existing study presents a posthuman discursive analysis of the novel The Overstory by Richard Powers. The study challenges the anthropocentric point of view, portraying transcorporeality and exposing the marginalization. and advocating for a posthuman perspective that recognizes the non-human entities. The novel explores the interconnection of human and environment, that both are interconnected, trees are non-human entities every character in the novel is connected with trees. Through qualitative analysis, the research examines environmental activism and awareness, with an emphasis on transcorporeality. By using Norman Fairclough's model of critical discourse analysis, the researcher will examine how the selected passages show linguistic choices challenge Anthropocentrism and prioritize posthumanism. Lawrence Buell's ecocritical framework will be used, which will explore the role of literature in environmental awareness. The findings reveal that the overstory attributes intelligence, communication, and memory to trees, depicting their role as active agents and highlighting that all life forms are interconnected and interdependent in this ecological web.