Amitav Ghosh’s entwining of threads from History, Facts and Myths in The Hungry Tide

Authors

  • Dr. Gurpreet Kaur Assistant Professor and Head, PG Department of English, SGTB Khalsa College, Anandpur Sahib, Punjab, India.

Keywords:

Environment, History, Literature, Narrative

Abstract

Owing to the outcry of the eco-critical literary movements, the issues of deterioration of environment at the hands of modernization gained momentum. Many writers and poets became eco-conscious, expressing about environment and its importance to human life, and further how it is being disturbed by the man himself for his selfish needs. This paper aims to outline eco-critical examination of Amitav Ghosh’s The Hungry Tide. He has shown the alienation of man from his environment by bringing together the characters, history and myths prevalent in the area of Sundarbans.

Author Biography

Dr. Gurpreet Kaur, Assistant Professor and Head, PG Department of English, SGTB Khalsa College, Anandpur Sahib, Punjab, India.

Dr. Gurpreet Kaur is an Assistant Professor and Head of PG Department of English at Sri Guru Teg Bahadur Khalsa College, Anandpur Sahib, Punjab, India. She has a teaching experience of twelve years and, has contributed extensively in the field of Research and Publication. She has done her Ph.D. in American Literature. She has to her credit publication of 4 books as author, 2 books as editor. She has contributed many chapters in books, and more than 40 research papers in reputed national and international journals and conferences.

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Published

01-07-2018

How to Cite

Dr. Gurpreet Kaur. (2018). Amitav Ghosh’s entwining of threads from History, Facts and Myths in The Hungry Tide. Journal of Teaching and Research in English Literature, 9(3), 18–25. Retrieved from https://journals.eltai.in/index.php/jtrel/article/view/56

Issue

Vol. 9 No. 3 (2018): July

Section

Research Articles