My interest in the environment responds to a deep emotional and ethical connection with Mother Nature and the living beings that inhabit her, human and non-human. My environmental commitment is reflected in concrete actions, from participating in environmental clean-ups to supporting reforestation projects. Therefore, when I discovered that there was a field of study in which two of my great passions, literature and nature, converged, I immediately knew that ecocriticism was my home and my refuge, both academically and professionally.

María Tremearne Rodríguez is a PhD student in the programme of Linguistic and Literary Studies in their Sociocultural Contexts at the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. She also holds a degree in Spanish Language and Hispanic Literatures from the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and is a specialist in contemporary audiovisual and literary culture. Her line of research is the influence of the literature of the Celtic nations on Galician literature from an ecocritical and mythocritical perspective.

Lines of research: ecocriticism and mythocriticism.