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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">RUDN Journal of Studies in Literature and Journalism</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">RUDN Journal of Studies in Literature and Journalism</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Вестник Российского университета дружбы народов. Серия: Литературоведение. Журналистика</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">2312-9220</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">2312-9247</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba (RUDN University)</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">45339</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22363/2312-9220-2025-30-2-298-309</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="edn">JGLRKM</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>LITERARY CRITICISM</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>Литературоведение</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring: A Plea for Changing Environmental Policy</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>«Безмолвная весна» Рэйчел Карсон: призыв к изменению экологической политики</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0009-0005-9180-9255</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Neupane</surname><given-names>Ravindra</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Неупане</surname><given-names>Равиндра</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>PhD in Philology, Associate Professor at the Department of English</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>кандидат филологических наук, доцент кафедры английского языка</p></bio><email>epedagogy@mail.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2979-9867</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Verkhoturov</surname><given-names>Vasily V.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Верхотуров</surname><given-names>Василий Владимирович</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Grand PhD in Pedagogy, Professor at the Department of Pedagogy</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>доктор педагогических наук, профессор кафедры педагогики</p></bio><email>epedagogy@mail.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Tribhuvan University</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Университет Трибхувана</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><aff-alternatives id="aff2"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Kaliningrad State Technical University</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Калининградский государственный технический университет</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2025-07-15" publication-format="electronic"><day>15</day><month>07</month><year>2025</year></pub-date><volume>30</volume><issue>2</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en">VOL 30, NO2 (2025)</issue-title><issue-title xml:lang="ru">ТОМ 30, №2 (2025)</issue-title><fpage>298</fpage><lpage>309</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2025-07-31"><day>31</day><month>07</month><year>2025</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2025, Neupane R., Verkhoturov V.V.</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2025, Неупане Р., Верхотуров В.В.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2025</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Neupane R., Verkhoturov V.V.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Неупане Р., Верхотуров В.В.</copyright-holder><ali:free_to_read xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/"/><license><ali:license_ref xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0</ali:license_ref></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://journals.rudn.ru/literary-criticism/article/view/45339">https://journals.rudn.ru/literary-criticism/article/view/45339</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p>Analyzes how Rachel Carson’s 1962 book Silent Spring significantly influenced the Change in Environmental Policy. Historically, when academics talk about attempts to change environmental policy, they primarily focus on the contributions of natural and social scientists who assess the effects of pollution and other harmful factors on the environmental response to the increased use of pesticides in the 1960s, Carson produced her cross-disciplinary book, which combined environmental science and narrative. Silent Spring was able to influence and start changes in the laws governing chemical insect control and the outlawing of the synthetic pesticide DDT (dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane). By challenging the conventional wisdom that viewed man as the master and master of nature, Carson’s book changed policy and inspired new research, demonstrating that the overuse of pesticides is both dangerous and immoral. Her book is considered a founding work of the contemporary environmental movement. The links between science, literature, and public participation that have the potential to increase public understanding of the significance of environmental literature as a tool for influencing environmental policy is the issue this paper has explored in the novel. Applying qualitative research design, this article critically examines and analyzes the environment from a crossdisciplinary approach, using Silent Spring as an exemplary case of a literary text that can affect environmental policy, both in the academic and, more crucially, in real life. Lawrence Buell’s critical insights on the environmental realities that the text portrays serve as a theoretical perspective to analyze the novel.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p>Рассматривается, каким образом книга Рэйчел Карсон «Безмолвная весна», опубликованная в 1962 г., оказала значительное влияние на изменение экоповестки. Традиционно, когда ученые обсуждают попытки реформирования экологической политики, основное внимание уделяется работам естествоиспытателей и социологов, оценивающих воздействие загрязнений и других негативных факторов на окружающую среду в результате увеличения использования пестицидов в 1960-е гг. Карсон представила междисциплинарную книгу, объединяющую экологическую науку и литературу. «Безмолвная весна» - катализатор изменений в законодательстве, регулирующем применение химических средств контроля над насекомыми. Книга способствовала установлению запрета использования синтетического пестицида ДДТ (дихлордифенилтрихлорэтана). Вызывая сомнения в общепринятой точке зрения, согласно которой человек является господином и властелином природы, работа Карсон изменила политику и стимулировала новые исследования, демонстрируя, что чрезмерное использование пестицидов не только опасно, но и аморально. Ее книга признана фундаментальной работой современного экологического движения. Связи между наукой, литературой и общественной активностью, обладающие потенциалом для повышения общественного осознания роли экологической литературы как средства воздействия на экологическую политику, составляют тему данной работы. Используя исследовательский подход, статья критически изучает и анализирует окружающую среду с междисциплинарной точки зрения, рассматривает «Безмолвную весну» как образец литературного текста, способного влиять на экологическую политику как в академическом сообществе, так и, что еще важнее, в реальной жизни. Критические идеи Лоуренса Бьюэлла об экологических реалиях служат теоретической основой для анализа романа.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>literature</kwd><kwd>novel</kwd><kwd>environment</kwd><kwd>interdisciplinary</kwd><kwd>environmental policy</kwd><kwd>climate change</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>литература</kwd><kwd>роман</kwd><kwd>окружающая среда</kwd><kwd>междисциплинарность</kwd><kwd>экологическая политика</kwd><kwd>изменение климата</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group/></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><mixed-citation>Bryson, M.A. (2003). Nature, Narrative, and the Scientist-Writer: Rachel Carson’s and Loren Eiseley’s Critique of Science. Technical Communication Quarterly, 12(4), 369–387. https://doi.org/10.1207/s15427625tcq1204_2</mixed-citation></ref><ref id="B2"><label>2.</label><mixed-citation>Buell, L. (2005). The Future of Environmental Criticism. 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