Author(s): Inas S. Abolfotoh

Abstract: For food; fur; fat; and fun, humans hunt. The literary analysis of these hunting factors is commonly non-religious being based on secular Ecocriticism. With the coinage of Islamecocriticism (Islamic thought integrated into ecocritical theory), the current study aims at bridging a gap in academia by illustrating the input of Islam concerning hunting through literary criticism. The three angles of Islamecocritical theory: religion, literature, and environmentalism are fused to introduce crucial hunting rulings that govern the relationship between the hunter and the prey. The argument is not based on humans' whims, but it is derived from heavenly wisdom whose goal is the benefit of all creatures. With the development of the discussion, some suggestions and solutions are traced in selected Canadian hunting eco-poems. Though the field of discussion is Canadian, it is intended to be applied to any hunting field.

Keywords: Canadian eco-poetry, hunting factors, hunting rulings, Islamecocriticism

Article Info: Received: 19 Nov 2022; Received in revised form: 15 Dec 2022; Accepted: 23 Dec 2022; Available online: 31 Dec 2022

DOI: 10.22161/ijels.76.37