HUMAN-ENVIRONMENTAL INTERCONNECTEDNESS IN CONTEMPORARY ECO-FICTION: AN ECOCRITICAL STUDY OF BARBARA KINGSOLVER’S FLIGHT BEHAVIOUR

Abstract

This article explores Barbara Kingsolver’s novel Flight Behavior from an
ecocritical perspective, focusing on how the text represents climate change and the
complex relationship between human beings and nature. The study shows that
Kingsolver presents environmental crisis not as a distant scientific issue, but as a
lived experience that directly affects ordinary people. Through the image of the
monarch butterflies and the personal journey of the main character, the novel
highlights human responsibility for ecological imbalance and questions
anthropocentric ways of thinking. The article argues that Flight Behavior
encourages readers to rethink their attitude toward the natural world and recognize
the deep interconnectedness between social, economic, and environmental problems.
As a work of contemporary eco-literature, the novel plays an important role in
raising ecological awareness and promoting environmental ethics