I became interested in ecocriticism and ecofeminism during my literature studies, recognizing the environmental crisis as a central theme that contemporary culture and narrative have a duty to address. Finding a way to apply the tools of philology and literary criticism to this emergency has provided me with a clear path for academic activism.

Antonella De Sena is a PhD candidate in Literary, Linguistic, and Comparative Studies at the Università degli Studi di Napoli "L'Orientale". Her doctoral thesis, currently being discussed, investigates The Literary Response to Environmental Issues: Ecocriticism in the Contemporary Hispanic Context.

Her research focuses on the intersection between Ecocriticism and Ecofeminism, with a particular emphasis on contemporary Spanish literature and culture. She is a teaching assistant in Spanish Literature at her university and has conducted research stays as a visiting scholar at the Franklin Institute (Universidad de Alcalá de Henares) and the University of Valladolid. She is an active member of international research networks such as EASLCE and Dis-4Change.

• Selected Publications: “Life After the Anthropocene: a Posthumanist Reading of Rosa Montero’s Tears in the Rain” (Pangeas, 2024); “Narrative and Environmental Justice: Eco-Consciousness in the Capitalocene through Daniel Ruiz García’s El Calentamiento Global” (Ímpetu, 2024), and “Literature, Progress, and Nature in the work of Miguel Delibes: an Ecofeminist Perspective of Parábola del náufrago” (Siglo XXI, Literatura y cultura española, 2024).

Research Areas: Ecocriticism, Ecofeminism, Environmental Humanities, Contemporary Spanish Literature, Climate Fiction (Cli-Fi).