Title: Ecocriticism in Eastern and Western Traditions
Abstract: Ecocriticism is a consciousness-raising phenomenon about environment. To the students or scholars of literature, Ecocriticism is a critical development to spread consciousness about ecological concerns. It is a multidisciplinary approach. Numberless development programs are being executed not for improving ecology, but instead at the cost of ecology. Ecocriticism as a literary ecological philosophy provides a reliable framework or mechanism to analyze cultural and literary texts which are directly/indirectly preoccupied with ecological concerns and contexts. Moreover, it looks at the depictions of natural sights and landscapes along with people’s attitudes and attention towards nature, may be favorable or unfavorable. In fact, this sort of attempt negotiates between literature and ecology. This paper attempts to trace the prevalence of ecological concerns in the works of writers like Kalidasa and Valmiki as well.
Publication Year: 2012
Publication Date: 2012-10-03
Language: en
Type: article
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