Author(s)

Siwen Fu ¹, Jiali Lin ¹, Ran Deng ¹

Affiliation(s)

¹ Sichuan Academy of Environmental Policy and Planning, Chengdu, Sichuan, 610000, China

Corresponding Author

Ran Deng

ABSTRACT

In the environmental humanities, ecological writing assumes a growing importance as a nuanced articulation of reciprocal human-nature values and ethics. This trend in today's China corresponds to the institutionalization of ecological civilization for shaping a new type of culture. Sichuan Province is a veritable place for the study of ecological literature, where multi-ethnics coexist, have many literary forms and deeply culture. This article uses ecocriticism and theories of cultural transmission to examine a set of the region's literary practices, where culture, ecological knowledge and innovation in storytelling are merged. Their social influence is restricted due to sameplicity of theme, limitation in audience, lack of integration between media and other assistance. These constraints in fact are the expression of current structural gaps in contemporary cultural production when seen from the ecological civilization discourse. This article highlights the mediating role of literature between institutionalized ecological values and public awareness. It suggests pathways to increase the academic as well as social relevance of ecological literature by improved theoretical orientation, cross-media dynamics, and interdisciplinary cooperation. It adds to environmental humanities discussions by broadening ecocritical investigation to a regional Chinese context and establishing a template for the development of ecological literature in other non-Western, rapidly modernizing societies.

KEYWORDS

Ecological literature; Ecocriticism; Sichuan; Cultural dissemination; Ecological civilization

CITE THIS PAPER

Siwen Fu, Jiali Lin, Ran Deng, Reflections and Recommendations on the Development of Ecological Literature in Sichuan Province. Environment, Resource and Ecology Journal (2025) Vol. 9: 119-123. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/erej.2025.090213.

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