DEPICTION OF NATURE IN LITERATURE. ECO-CRITICAL READING OF WORKS WRITTEN IN ENGLISH

Abstract

Annotation. Even though readership about texts concerning the study of literature
and environment first appeared in American and English literary world, today it
extends beyond the United States to include Europe, The Far East, India and Thailand.
In this article, the researcher analyzes several examples of works of that nature, using
eco-critical approach. The article begins by offering a general introduction to
ecocriticism and its main purpose in contexts. Subsequently, in a series of subtitled
sections, it investigates the following topics: Romantic aesthetics and preservationist
practices in American poetry; contemporary concerns about nature and its devastating
power depicted in some climate change novels; description of dystopian ecosystem in
well-known representatives of cli-fi. The article concludes by stressing the importance
for humans to build up harmonious relationship with the non-human world and become
eco-conscious or environment conscious.