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T1 Ecocriticism in Poland: then and now
A1 Małecki, Wojciech
A1 Woźniak, Jarosław
K1 Ecocriticism
K1 Animal studies
K1 History of ecocriticism
K1 Polish ecocriticism
K1 Comparative ecocriticism
K1 Empirical ecocriticism
K1 New materialism
K1 Ecocrítica
K1 Estudios animales
K1 Historia de la ecocrítica
K1 Ecocrítica polaca
K1 Ecocrítica comparativa
K1 Ecocrítica empírica
K1 Nuevo materialismo
K1 Literatura
K1 Literature
K1 Medio ambiente
K1 Environmental science
AB The aim of this paper is to present a synoptic picture of the development and current state of ecocriticism in Poland. Understood in the generic sense of the study of literature and environment, ecocriticism began in Poland already in the 1970s. It has since then generated its own original tradition. Understood in the specific historical sense of a field devoted to the study of literature and environment that was consolidated in the 1990s in the USA and the UK and then expanded both in disciplinary and national terms, ecocriticism was imported to Poland only in the beginning of the 21st century, but it has managed to generate its own tradition as well. For a while, both these currents of Polish ecocriticism ran in parallel to one another, but they have recently merged, stimulating new exciting developments. The paper delineates these historical trajectories and recent developments alike. It also shows how today’s Polish ecocriticism contributes to ecocriticism globally, not only by offering its own culturally unique perspective and archives, but also by proposing new methodologies, including so-called empirical ecocriticism, an emerging field that originates in part from Poland.
PB Universidad de Alcalá
SN 2171-9594
YR 2020
FD 2020
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10017/45527
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10017/45527
LA eng
DS MINDS@UW
RD 28-abr-2024