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

• Published in: Ecozon@: European Journal of Literature, Culture and Environment
• Main Author: Guanio-Uluru, Lykke
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Universidad de Alcalá 2023
• Subjects: 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; Svalbard; Lunde; Esperanza
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10017/61725; https://doi.org/10.37536/ECOZONA.2024.15.1.5198

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...