A Review of Ecocriticism

Abstract

Ecocriticism is a literary critical school rising in the 1990s with the intensification of ecological crisis.It is the study of the relationship between literature and environment.Ecological studies are targeted on re-examining culture and digging up the cultural roots of the ecological crises.Scholars of humanities and social sciences may contribute their efforts to the construction of environment-friendly society through their work of eradicating the old ideologies.This is where the value of ecological studies may be found.This paper is a general review of ecocriticism from the following aspects: the origin,the characteristics,the significance and the present situation.It also points out its future tasks.