Ecocritical studies:global trends and Ukrainian achievements
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.29038/2304-9383.2023-36.kumKeywords:
literary studies, methodology, interdisciplinarity, ecocriticism (“green studies”), three waves of ecocriticism (L. Buell), planetary wave of ecocriticism (S. Slovic)Abstract
The purpose of the article is to trace the global trends of ecocriticism, to present progress in Ukrainian literary studies in the field of ecocritical studies. The methodology of the publication is based on general scientific methods of analysis and synthesis, and the tools of ecocriticism as an
interdisciplinary approach were also used.
The result of the study is a presentation of the achievements of ecocriticism at various stages, starting from the emergence of new trends in the methodology in the 1970s to the modern stage. It is noted the role of researches of such scientists as: Cheryll Glotfelty, Michelle Belaev, Harold Fromm, Christopher Cocinos, Derek Gladwin and other. The periodization of ecocriticism is outlined (three waves of ecocriticism) (The Future of Environmental Criticism: Environmental Crisis andLiterary Imagination, 2005).
It is noted a tendency to interpret ecocriticism as a science that creates a network of interdisciplinary connections in a number of studies of the early 2000s. (Terrel Dixon (2002). City Wilds: Essays and Stories about Urban Nature; John Tallmadge (2004). The Cincinnati Arch: Learning from Nature in the City).
Considerations about the specifics of the third wave of ecocriticism are considered (Marshall, 2005; Slovic, 2010). It is noted that over the thirty years of ecocriticism as
a separate discipline, a qualitative transition has occurred from ecocriticism characterized by ecofetishism, romanticism, discursive feminism, to ecocosmopolitanism, ecocultural studies, ecofeminism, "green" gender theories, etc. The opinion about the new wave of ecocriticism - planetary is singled out(S. Slovic, 2012). The achievements of ecocriticism in Ukrainian literary studies are considered
Studies dedicated to the research of foreign literature are singled out.
It is noted that ecocritical trends can also be traced in various types of fine art. Attention to ecocritical studies is evidenced by such humanities as pedagogy, philosophy, journalism, cultural studies, and others. The conclusions emphasize that the systematized material presents the relevance of ecocritical studies.
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