PROFILE ECOCRITICISM AND ANCIENT ENVIRONMENTS

As an academic movement, ecocriticism first appeared on the scene of literary and cultural studies in later twentieth century. Since then, it has become one fastest-growing areas study interdisciplinary research humanities. Once defined as ‘the relationship between literature physical environment’ (C. Glotfelty, The Ecocriticism Reader [1996], p. xix), is a form criticism that pays special attention to environmental issues ecological relations texts discourses. It way which diverse historical traditions have rendered myriad interrelationships human societies their respective surroundings.