Ecocrytics
Contents
Aleksandra Ubertowska. ‘Speaking in the Name of the Biotic Community’: Anatomies and Theories of the Environmental/Ecological Text (Transl. from Polish by Margreta Grigorova) / 11
Serenella Iovino. Posthumanism in Literature and Ecocriticism. Introduction (Transl. from English by Iva Anastasova) / 43
Zofia Jakubowicz-Prokop. To Be a Woman or to Be a Plant? Forms of Subjectivity in Han Kang’s The Vegetarian (Transl. from Polish by Stanka Bonova) / 59
Olga Spachil. A. P. Chekhov’s Ecological Hypertext: Origin and Formation (Transl. from Russian by Lyudmil Dimitrov) / 80
Bozhana Filipova. On Imagination and Reflexivity in Nature: Perspectives for Ecocriticism / 110
Eleonora Shestakova. Theoretical and Methodological Problems of Understanding the Meaningless Objectivity of the Nature in Fiction / 130
Albena Bakratcheva. American Nature Writing: Henry David Thoreau and “Green Thinking” in Literature / 156
Cristina Godun. Ecofeminist Perspectives and Themes in Selected Works of Olga Tokarczuk / 186
Albena Varsano. Ecocriticism and Hope in Picturebooks: The Giving Tree and The Lost Soul / 218
Rossitza Chernokozheva. The Animal World of Maria Doneva – a Nonsensical Saga / 239
Margarita Serafimova. The Seasons – Briefly on a Never-Ending Topic / 252
Kalina Zahova, Andrey Tashev. The „ECO – Ecological World“ Series: With Love and Awareness for Nature / 277
Yanitsa Radeva. Ecological Thinking – Contexts and Some Manifestations in Contemporary Bulgarian Literary Works from “The River” by Diko Fuchedzhiev to the 2020s / 297
Preslava Peneva. Why Is a Man More Terrifying Than a Bear: Ecocritical, Feminist and Literary Reflections on Nature as a “Preferred Beast” / 313
Elka Vasileva. The Road to Sustainability. The Story of an Industrial Company’s Transformation and Its Inspirational Leader / 350
Retrospectives
Stoyan Stavru. Odysseus’ Eyebrows: The Sirens’ Song and Temptations in Law / 364
Debuts
Vladimir Aleksandrov. Life and Being in the Collection of Angel Karaliychev “Rye” / 394
Stefani Velcheva. The Maiden Sacrifice Motif in “Masons” by Petko Todorov and “The Stone Bridge over Rositsa” by Angel Karaliychev / 409
Yoan Vasilev. Newspaper “Literaturen Glas”: “Organ of Free Thought”. A Look at its First Anniversary / 425
Reviews
Noemi Stoichkova. (The) Literary History of Today’s Literature between Impossible Possibilities and Possible Impossibilities / 459
Marina Petrova. Reconstruction of the Classic Literature and the Offering of a New Perspective / 478
Polina Penkova. On Peripheral Spaces and the Shifting Shifting Center / 484
Marchela Mironova. Ilia Volen – between Love and Literature / 493
Journal “The Literature” / 511
Requirements Regarding Materials for Publication in The Literature Journal / 513
Ethics of Publication / 517
