Empathy for animals: ecological ethics in Vietnamese contemporary prose

Abstract

In response to the global environmental crisis, ecocriticism emerged in the 1970s, fitting the demands of the time and becoming a dynamic movement that continues to this day. Ecological theory acknowledges the equal existence of creatures, believing that all creatures are the same and that no species is dominating. From the innovative idea of ecocriticism, Vietnamese fictional prose after the Innovation 1986 years has emerged characters who share the sense of pain with all creatures. This article highlights the shift in environmental discourses, which no longer view humans as the lord of all creatures but rather as being able to listen to the voices of nature, care for injured animals, and love and protect all living things-a perspective that first established ecological ethics in Vietnamese literature.