Marine Landscapes and Human Experience: A Blue Humanities Approach to Abby Geni’s The Lightkeepers

Abstract

This study aims to explore the role of the oceanic environment in Abby Geni’s “The Lightkeepers”. The study establishes that literary works often present water as a natural phenomenon and also as a symbolic power that can impact human feelings, activities, and relationships with others. The study uses a qualitative method, and through the Blue Humanities approach, the analysis makes the ocean a significant agent that links human beings to nature and encourages respect for marine life. The research recommends that readers and academicians be more attentive to the ways in which water in literature can teach ethical, emotive, and environmental principles, and therefore reinforce the main purpose of the matter in defining human thought and conduct.