Ecocriticism was first introduced by William Rueckert in his 1978 essay “Literature and Ecology: An Experiment in Ecocriticism” (1978) and was later defined by Cheryll Glotfelty (1996) as “the study of the relationship between literature and the physical world,” a definition that remains widely used today. As an interdisciplinary field, it integrates diverse theories and practices to examine the relationship between literature, culture, and the environment. By integrating these dimensions,ecocriticism offers valuable insights into how narratives influence humanity’s interactions with nature and addresses the urgent need for cultural and academic engagement with environmental crises. At its core, ecocriticism explores how literature represents environmental issues and imagines possible connections between people and their surroundings. This perspective includes not only wild or “natural” places but also human-made environments and the shared spaces of human and nonhuman life.