Ecological Discourse Analysis of Iqbal’s Children Poetry: A Perspective of Stibbe’s Ecosophy

Abstract

Ecolinguists around the world propose to uncover the stories in which humans express their relations with the members of their own species, other species and natural environment physically surrounding them. Qur’an with its greater emphasis on deed rather than on idea (Umar, 2011) pronounces clearly that humans are morally responsible for the stories they decide to live by. Such reading of Qur’an has become relevant in an epoch when they have developed inductive intellect. Iqbal’s deep reflections on the relevance of Qur’an’s message for the coming generations offer strikingly cogent suggestions for a just society and a stable environment. This descriptive study analyzed two of Iqbal’s poems written for children on the principles contained in the theoretical framework of Stibbe’s ecosophy and tried to investigate into the relevance of Iqbal’s story. The researchers attempted to answer two questions. The first is about the type of ecological discourse Iqbal communicate in his children poetry. The second question refers to the relevance of Iqbal’s discourse to educate readers about humankind’s role in shaping human ecology.