Ecocriticism in Switzerland
88 Citations•2010•
Alexa Weik von Mossner
European journal of literature, culture and the environment
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Abstract
While from a formal perspective, ecocriticism barely exists in Swiss literature departments, there is significant interest and publications on environmental approaches to literature and culture, under different guises. Research on concepts of landscape, nature and place are multiple in English, German and Spanish departments. There is significant activity in the field of environmental ethics and human-animal relations. Moreover, some innovative research such as cultural representations of acoustic ecology, environmental risk, or changing perceptions and attitudes towards nature in scientific texts, letters and autobiography as well as art work, signal a growing trend of ecocriticism in Switzerland.