Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: The Victorian era marked the zenith of the British Industrial Revolution, yet it also gave rise to a series of environmental crises and social problems. Taking The Water-Babies as its object of inquiry, this paper employs the method of close reading and, centering on the critique of anthropocentrism, examines the anthropocentric values embodied in and criticized by this work. It further argues that the work can provide a paradigm for cultivating children's ecological personhood and offer significant literary insights for realizing the harmonious coexistence of humanity and nature.
DOI: 10.63313/llcs.9231
Author: Jie Zhou
Institution: Yangtze University
Language: English
Subfield: Literature and Literary Theory
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W7225557785