Ecofeminism has been around since the nineteen-seventies but has recently been gaining renewed attention in the face of the present ecological crisis. Thus, ecofeminist perspectives are expanding to other scientific fields such as literature. Recently, various ecofeminist methodological approaches have formed, including the literary ecofeminist analysis suggested by Eva Antón Fernández's article Claves ecofeministas para el análisis literario (2017). The article suggests guidelines for an ecofeminist analysis of literary texts and bases its content on the so-called critical ecofeminism, the author of which is a Spanish professor, philosopher and ecofeminist, Alicia H. Puleo. The paper focuses on both the synchronic as well as the diachronic aspect of ecofeminism, while first defining ecofeminism and explaining the connection between ecology and feminism. The paper then examines the history of the development of ecofeminism as well as the different types and movements of ecofeminism. In the practical analysis, the paper analyses two contemporary Spanish novels, Lágrimas en la lluvia (Tears in Rain) by Rosa Montero and El mundo de Yarek (Yarek's World) by Elia Barceló by applying the aforementioned ecofeminist methodological approach.
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