编者按:伴随着全球生态危机的日益加深和生态运动的蓬勃开展,诞生于20世纪70年代的生态批评(ecocriticism)很快成为文学研究领域的显学。我们不妨把生态批评简单地界定为“对于生态文学的研究”或“对于文学的生态研究”。它以跨学科的学术姿态、崭新的思想视角、犀利的批判反思、强烈的现实关怀等,吸引着越来越多的国际学者的密切关注。 Editor’s Note: Along with the deepening global ecological crisis and the flourishing ecological movement, ecocriticism, which was born in the 1970s, soon became an explicit study in the field of literary studies. We may wish to simply define ecological criticism as “the study of ecological literature” or “the ecological study of literature.” It attracts more and more international scholars’ close attention with its interdisciplinary academic attitude, new thinking perspective, sharp critical reflection and intense realistic consideration.