Seeds of latent hope: the figurative entwinement of children, adolescents, and plants in Maja Lunde’s "The Dream of a Tree"

Drawing on theorizations and previous studies of climate fiction, perspectives from critical plant studies, and discussions on the mythical and symbolic role of trees and seeds, this study traces figurative relationships between plants and the child- and adolescent characters in Maja Lunde’s latest...

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Published in:Ecozon@: European Journal of Literature, Culture and Environment
Main Author: Guanio-Uluru, Lykke
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Published: Universidad de Alcalá 2023
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description Drawing on theorizations and previous studies of climate fiction, perspectives from critical plant studies, and discussions on the mythical and symbolic role of trees and seeds, this study traces figurative relationships between plants and the child- and adolescent characters in Maja Lunde’s latest climate fiction, "The Dream of a Tree" ("Drømmen om et tre", 2022). The novel is the last volume in Lunde’s “climate quartet”, where she, for the first time in her series, employs a young adult protagonist. The plot revolves around a group of children, stranded on the archipelago of Svalbard that hosts the global seed vault. The study aims to show how the child and adolescent characters in Lunde’s climate fiction are embedded in figurative patterns associating them with growth and hope in ways that serve to move Lunde’s climate quartet from a dystopian towards a more utopian resolution. Recurriendo a teorizaciones y estudios previos sobre ficción climática, a perspectivas de estudios críticos de las plantas, y a debates sobre el papel mítico y simbólico de los árboles y las semillas, este estudio traza las relaciones figurativas entre plantas y los personajes infantiles y adolescentes en la ficción climática más reciente de Maja Lunde, "The Dream of a Tree" ("Drømmen om et tre", 2022). La novela es el último volumen del “cuarteto climático” de Lunde, en la que, por primera vez, la autora utiliza un protagonista adolescente. El argumento gira en torno a un grupo de niños varados en el archipiélago de Svalbard que acoge el banco mundial de semillas. Este estudio pretende mostrar cómo los personajes infantiles y adolescentes en la ficción climática de Lunde están incrustados en patrones figurativos que los asocian con crecimiento y esperanza de formas que sirven para trasladar el cuarteto climático de Lunde de una resolución distópica a una más utópica.
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spelling ftunivalcala:oai:ebuah.uah.es:10017/61725 2025-04-13T14:27:22+00:00 Seeds of latent hope: the figurative entwinement of children, adolescents, and plants in Maja Lunde’s "The Dream of a Tree" Guanio-Uluru, Lykke 2023 application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/10017/61725 https://doi.org/10.37536/ECOZONA.2024.15.1.5198 eng eng Universidad de Alcalá http://hdl.handle.net/10017/61725 doi:10.37536/ECOZONA.2024.15.1.5198 Ecozon@: European Journal of Literature, Culture and Environment = Revista Europea de Cultura, Literatura y Medioambiente 15 89 1 73 Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Critical plant studies Climate fiction Children’s and young adult literature Utopia Dystopia Maja Lunde Estudios críticos de plantas Ficción climática Literatura infantil y juvenil Utopía Distopía Literatura Medio ambiente Literature Environmental science info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2023 ftunivalcala https://doi.org/10.37536/ECOZONA.2024.15.1.5198 2025-03-19T04:38:30Z Drawing on theorizations and previous studies of climate fiction, perspectives from critical plant studies, and discussions on the mythical and symbolic role of trees and seeds, this study traces figurative relationships between plants and the child- and adolescent characters in Maja Lunde’s latest climate fiction, "The Dream of a Tree" ("Drømmen om et tre", 2022). The novel is the last volume in Lunde’s “climate quartet”, where she, for the first time in her series, employs a young adult protagonist. The plot revolves around a group of children, stranded on the archipelago of Svalbard that hosts the global seed vault. The study aims to show how the child and adolescent characters in Lunde’s climate fiction are embedded in figurative patterns associating them with growth and hope in ways that serve to move Lunde’s climate quartet from a dystopian towards a more utopian resolution. Recurriendo a teorizaciones y estudios previos sobre ficción climática, a perspectivas de estudios críticos de las plantas, y a debates sobre el papel mítico y simbólico de los árboles y las semillas, este estudio traza las relaciones figurativas entre plantas y los personajes infantiles y adolescentes en la ficción climática más reciente de Maja Lunde, "The Dream of a Tree" ("Drømmen om et tre", 2022). La novela es el último volumen del “cuarteto climático” de Lunde, en la que, por primera vez, la autora utiliza un protagonista adolescente. El argumento gira en torno a un grupo de niños varados en el archipiélago de Svalbard que acoge el banco mundial de semillas. Este estudio pretende mostrar cómo los personajes infantiles y adolescentes en la ficción climática de Lunde están incrustados en patrones figurativos que los asocian con crecimiento y esperanza de formas que sirven para trasladar el cuarteto climático de Lunde de una resolución distópica a una más utópica. Article in Journal/Newspaper Svalbard Lunde e_Buah - Biblioteca Digital de la Universidad de Alcalá Svalbard Lunde ENVELOPE(50.467,50.467,-66.967,-66.967) Esperanza ENVELOPE(-56.983,-56.983,-63.400,-63.400) Ecozon@: European Journal of Literature, Culture and Environment 15 1 73 89
spellingShingle Critical plant studies
Climate fiction
Children’s and young adult literature
Utopia
Dystopia
Maja Lunde
Estudios críticos de plantas
Ficción climática
Literatura infantil y juvenil
Utopía
Distopía
Literatura
Medio ambiente
Literature
Environmental science
Guanio-Uluru, Lykke
Seeds of latent hope: the figurative entwinement of children, adolescents, and plants in Maja Lunde’s "The Dream of a Tree"
title Seeds of latent hope: the figurative entwinement of children, adolescents, and plants in Maja Lunde’s "The Dream of a Tree"
title_full Seeds of latent hope: the figurative entwinement of children, adolescents, and plants in Maja Lunde’s "The Dream of a Tree"
title_fullStr Seeds of latent hope: the figurative entwinement of children, adolescents, and plants in Maja Lunde’s "The Dream of a Tree"
title_full_unstemmed Seeds of latent hope: the figurative entwinement of children, adolescents, and plants in Maja Lunde’s "The Dream of a Tree"
title_short Seeds of latent hope: the figurative entwinement of children, adolescents, and plants in Maja Lunde’s "The Dream of a Tree"
title_sort seeds of latent hope: the figurative entwinement of children, adolescents, and plants in maja lunde’s "the dream of a tree"
topic Critical plant studies
Climate fiction
Children’s and young adult literature
Utopia
Dystopia
Maja Lunde
Estudios críticos de plantas
Ficción climática
Literatura infantil y juvenil
Utopía
Distopía
Literatura
Medio ambiente
Literature
Environmental science
topic_facet Critical plant studies
Climate fiction
Children’s and young adult literature
Utopia
Dystopia
Maja Lunde
Estudios críticos de plantas
Ficción climática
Literatura infantil y juvenil
Utopía
Distopía
Literatura
Medio ambiente
Literature
Environmental science
url http://hdl.handle.net/10017/61725
https://doi.org/10.37536/ECOZONA.2024.15.1.5198