Sunday Reading : EcoCriticism

Hello readers!

Here is my task on EcoCriticism as Sunday reading which is given by Dilip Barad sir, Department of English. We also had an online Talk on 'Ecocritical Thinking: Sitanshu Yashaschandra's 'Tree Once Again' by Devang Nanavati.

EcoCriticism :

Ecocriticism is an umbrella term under which a variety of approaches fall,this can make it a difficult term to define. As ecocritic Lawrence Buell says, ecocriticism is an “increasingly heterogeneous movement”.

But, “simply put, ecocriticism is the study of the relationship between literature and the physical environment”.

Salient features of Ecocritical stands :

# Earth centrism

# Environmental Justice

# Post colonial approach to ecological issues.

EcoCriticism :

Goal and strategies :

👉 Eco Sensitizing the human psyche.

👉 De- acceleration in the speed of our March towards eco suicidal future.

👉 Integration of insight from numery disciple of knowledge : ecological science, literary criticism, animal studies, Botany, Environmental law, Anthropology, history, Economics, philosophy Cultural studies.

Tools and Criteria

👉 Statistical data based on scientific experiment, Newspaper reports.

👉 Examination of a given text in light of its narrative techniques and modes of representing nature.

👉 Evaluation of a text in light of how for it has been able to generate environmental sensitivity of awareness among its reading.

So, Ecocriticism is friendly to us as text , nature and literature also. EcoCriticism is the relationship between literature and the physical environment.

Thank you !

Comments

Thinking activity: paradise lost

Thinking activity : paradise lost Paradise lost is an epic poem in blank verse by English poet John Milton. Paradise lost arange in twelve books. The poem is the biblical story of the " FALL OF MAN". The original story is taken from Holi book Bible . Paradise lost are concerned with 9th. The temptation of Adam and Eve by the fallen of Angel and Satan. Milton's purpose in Book 1, is to "Justify the way of God to men. In Book 9, Milton's purpose with humans perspective and Divine perspective. 1.What is understanding of Human perspectives and Divine perspective and give illustration to support your anseans. • Divine perspective: In divine perspective we can see that God is the center of anything. There is blindly faith in God and God superior for everyone. What is said by God is superior and what is said by God ...

Plague: epidemic literature

Plague : Epidemic Literature Literature must be with not only society but it is also concerned with the situation of the society. As we know that the covid19 epidemic is going to affect very dangerous lives. Before many years ago as covid19 one epidemic virus's name was "The plague". On 11 March 2020,WHO declared Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) outbreak as a pandemic and reiterated the call for countries to take immediate actions and scale up response to treat, detect and reduce transmission to save people’s lives. " About novel : The plague" The plague is a novel written by Albert Camum. In January 1941, Albert Camus began work on a novel about a virus that spreads uncontrollably from animals to humans and destroys half the population of the town where the virus began. " It was called La ...

John Keats

Thinking Activity on John Keats: Finding out approaches to Death in Literature Hello readers! Here is my blog on Thinking Activity on John Keats: Finding out approaches to Death in Literature by Dr. Heenaba Zala, Department of English. John Keats(1795-1821) Keats devotion to beauty and poetry is all the more remarkable in view of his lowly origin. John Keats was famous poet. John Keats four odes, on a Grecian Urn, To a Nightingale, To Autumn and To Psyche. This poems are like an invitation to a feast. In Ode to a Nightingale may find four things a love of sensuous beauty , a touch of pessimism, a purely pagan conception of nature and a strong individualism. If I Should die by Emily Dickinson "If I should die, and you should live And time should gurgle on,...

Bharti Dharaiya

Search This Blog