ECOLOGICAL SENSE IN TO HOAI’S STORIES FOR CHILDREN

Abstract

The study of literature and the environment, or ecological criticism, is one of the increasingly affirmed approaches to literary texts with the progressive devastation of the natural environment in our time. With an eco-centric philosophy, ecological critics always seek the relationship between nature and culture, the wild and the civilized. Diary of a Cricket and Deserted Island by To Hoai has been warmly received by worldwide readers with various approaches to the work. By adopting an ecological approach to decode the foundational essence of these stories, we hope to provide readers, especially young ones, a fresh perspective on the familiar literature while unveiling some novelty.