The forest in mikhail prishvin’s the Pantry of the Sun: a cultural and ecological analysis

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The writer Mikhail Prishvin is known as “the singer of Russian nature”. Throughout his works, he expresses a profound love for nature. The pantry of the sun is one of Prishvin’s most prominent collections, which has been translated into Vietnamese. This article explores a recurring motif in Prisvin’s writing - the element of “forest” - by directly analyzing a collection of 20 short stories titled The pantry of the sun, composed in 1967 by Prishvin, a Russian writer renowned for his works on Russian landscapes and nature. The article employs ecocriticism to examine the forest motif, aiming to decipher the aesthetic messages embedded within the work and the close interrelationship among all living species on Earth, including humans. Additionally, it proposes a cultural approach to “Russian forests” to elucidate the identity of the Russian people.