AN ECOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE ON FIERCE CHILDHOOD (PHUNG QUAN) AND THE LAST WITNESSES (SVETLANA ALEXIEVICH)

Abstract

 This article explores Fierce Childhood (Phung Quan) and The Last Witnesses (Svetlana Alexievich) from the perspective of ecocriticism – a modern theoretical approach that emphasizes the relationship between humans, especially children, and nature in the context of war and crisis. Ecocriticism raises issues of survival, ecological loss, environmental memory, and the possibility of restoring a harmonious relationship between humans and nature. Accordingly, the two works are read as literary testimonies not only to the rupture in the spiritual life of children who endured war, but also to the disruption of ecological structures under the impact of warfare.