Eco-critical Overtones in Indian English Fiction

Authors

  • Ruchika Hooda Research Scholar, Department of English and Foreign Languages, Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak

Keywords:

Eco-criticism, Nature, Exploitation, Destruction, Harmony

Abstract

Stories are one of the most ingenious and convenient ways in which history travels. They can transmit historical events with great ease, give a glimpse of contemporary society, and portray realistic pictures so the reader can envision what the contemporary world would have been like. In the present research paper, an effort will be made to chart out the course of the prevalence of environmental destruction in Indian English fiction by focusing on selected novels. An effort will also be made to explore the implicit relationship between man and nature. The research paper would be directed towards trying to find an answer to how Indian English Fiction, right from its inception, responds to the issue of environmental deterioration. The association between humans and nature is a reciprocal one. Nature does not work as a background tool; it is the very protagonist in the story of humanity as he himself is. Eco-criticism studies the correlation between human culture and the physical world. Nature doesn’t differentiate. It is a human doing. The works of Arundhati Roy, Anita Desai, Kiran Desai, Arvind Adiga and Salman Rushdie are deeply rooted in the interconnectedness between man and nature.

Author Biography

Ruchika Hooda, Research Scholar, Department of English and Foreign Languages, Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak

Ruchika Hooda is a PhD scholar in the Department of English and Foreign Languages, Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak, Haryana. She holds an MPhil degree. Her dissertation investigates various features within the paradigm of history, their relationship with myth & fiction, and how the slightest change in facts can create hundreds of divergent ways of retelling and re-analysing any text. Her PhD area of research is Eco-criticism. Her research interests include Eco-criticism, Alternate History and Indian English Literature.

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Published

01-10-2022

How to Cite

Ruchika Hooda. (2022). Eco-critical Overtones in Indian English Fiction. Journal of Teaching and Research in English Literature, 13(4), 10–16. Retrieved from https://journals.eltai.in/index.php/jtrel/article/view/JTREL130403

Issue

Vol. 13 No. 4 (2022): October

Section

Research Articles