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Unrecognized Success: Ecocriticism in SE Europe

Ecocriticism has been a newly established interdisciplinary academic field within environmental humanities with a main focus on relations between Nature and Culture. Although ecocriticism had major success in the USA and UK, valuable contributions of ecocritical approaches could be found in the Balkans. In the region of Southeast Europe, ecocriticism developed gradually, unevenly and in fragments. By "gradual", we mean that some authors opened ecocritical issues, which culminated in books and anthologies edited by Turkish ecocritical scholar Serpil Opperman and monographs by Slovenian professor Jožica Čeh Steger Ecocriticism and Literary Illustrations of Nature (2015), which is the first and so far the only ecocritical monograph on post-Yugoslav space, and Hungarian researcher Annamária Hódosy Biomovie –- Ecocriticism and Popular Film. The term "unequal" includes unequal regional development because it was evident that ecocritical topics are most prevalent in Slovenia, Hungary and Turkey. In contrast, in other countries, the share of ecocritical works is significantly lower. The term "fragmentary" shows that there is no stronger organization or regional institution that would become a leader in eco-critical research in the Balkans / Southeast Europe. The only exception is the Ecohumanist Center at the Cappadocian University in Turkey, organized and run by the aforementioned Serpil Oppermann. Besides them, there are various papers, book chapters and book project in preparation titled Ecocriticism: between Nature and Culture (edited by Goran Đurđević, Miranda Levanat Peričić and, Suzana Marjanić and Goran Đurđević). The latter will have over 70 papers dedicated to ecocriticism in the Balkans/Southeast Europe. Authors conclude that ecocriticism has been successful in Southeast Europe and has valuable potential for progress.

Ecocriticism, SE Europe

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