https://www.ceeol.com/search/article-detail?id=1346211
https://doi.org/10.60056/Lit.2025.34.297-312
Ecological Thinking – Contexts and Some Manifestations in Contemporary Bulgarian Literary Works from “The River” by Diko Fuchedzhiev to the 2020s
Yanitsa Radeva
The article analyzes the emergence of ecological thinking in Bulgaria, tracing key works from the humanities and literary fields. Special focus is given to the concept of “moral ecology,” which views ecological thinking as a moral quality, dividing people into groups based on their stance toward nature. The analysis includes examples from contemporary Bulgarian literature across various genres – poetry, short story, novel (by Diko Fuchedzhiev, Elena Alexieva, Kaloyan Ignatovski, Plamen Antov, etc.), with a central focus on water as one of the key ecological factors. Through these selected works, situated at the lower and upper boundaries of the contemporary cultural horizon, an attempt is made to delineate their commonalities through an understanding of ecology as a supreme ethical principle.
Keywords: water; moral ecology; civilization; ecocriticism; Dimitar; Kaloyan Ignatovoski; Diko Fuchedzhiev; Elena Aleksieva; Plamen Antov
About the author: Yanitsa Radeva is а phD of literature. Shе is the author of the monograph “The Promised Circle. Times and spaces in the poetry of Ivan Teofilov”, the poetry collections “Another Rhythm” (200З) and “The Hive of the Words” (2012), several novels, the most recent of which is “The Year That Began on Sunday” (2024). Her scientific interests are in the field of modem Bulgarian literature. There are publications on the issues of book publishing and on the spaces of coercion and their literary image during the Renaissance. Shе is the author of the collection “De profundis, or on the foundations of literature. Anniversary collection in honor of Emilia Dvoryanova” (2018) and the anthology Stihopadi. She was а guest editor of “Literaturen Vestnik”.
