Ecocriticism and Persian and Greek myths about the origin of fire

Abstract

In his article “Ecocriticism and Persian and Greek Myths about the Origin of Fire” Massih Zekavat argues that some contemporary ecological biases are rooted in ancient thought. Further, Ze-kavat argues that the study of mythology is relevant to the understanding of culture and ecology thus assisting ecocriticism. The investigation of man/woman, culture/nature, and human/nature binary oppositions conveys that Greek and Persian myths are mostly anthropocentric and androcentric and associate fire with the development of culture. Zekavat postulates that one way to revise contemporary ecological conceptions is to study myths to shed light on the mind and context of their creators and believers, their representation of natural phenomena, and their continuous impact on future generations through their adaptive and appropriative resonances in cultural production.