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TORO RIVADENEIRA, Dancizo Yarness. The Erotetic Approach in Ecocriticism. Sophia [online]. 2025, n.38, pp.201-240. ISSN 1390-8626.  https://doi.org/10.17163/soph.n38.2025.06.

This article proposes an erotetic approach to define the ecocritical research program, analyzing the interrelationship between the conceptual frameworks of ecology and literary critical theory. A common structure based on problem agendas is suggested, enriching both scientific practice and teaching. The main objective is to demonstrate how the formulation of questions significantly contributes to the creation of open problem agendas that guide research, fostering the development of new hypotheses and promoting interdisciplinarity in research programs facing ecological challenges. The methodology includes a review of the theoretical structure of ecocriticism and how problem agendas provide methodological flexibility, allowing for the reformulation of questions as new data, technologies, and approaches emerge. The results highlight the importance of questioning in environmental sciences to redefine new research agendas, integrating conceptual frameworks not unified by a central theory. Ecocriticism is framed as a research program structured erotetically, much like ecology. The conclusions emphasize the interdependence between questions, problem agendas, and critical reflection on the scientific method, underscoring the creativity and utility of questioning and abductive hypotheses for a more suitable scientific practice, aligned with the urgency of the ecological crisis.

Palabras clave : Erotetic Organization; Problems Agenda; Ecocriticism; Interdisciplinarity; Ecological Crisis.

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