LANGUAGE IN INDIA

Strength for Today and Bright Hope for Tomorrow

Volume 12 : 8 August 2012
ISSN 1930-2940

Managing Editor: M. S. Thirumalai, Ph.D.
Editors: B. Mallikarjun, Ph.D.
         Sam Mohanlal, Ph.D.
         B. A. Sharada, Ph.D.
         A. R. Fatihi, Ph.D.
         Lakhan Gusain, Ph.D.
         Jennifer Marie Bayer, Ph.D.
         S. M. Ravichandran, Ph.D.
         G. Baskaran, Ph.D.
         L. Ramamoorthy, Ph.D.
Assistant Managing Editor: Swarna Thirumalai, M.A.

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From Nature Writing to Ecocriticism –
An Evolutionary Outline of Ecocritical Writing

Shoba. K.N., M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D.

How to Stop the Destruction?

In The Diversity of Life, Harvard entomologist Edward O. Wilson estimates that around 27,000 varieties of living organisms are lost every year. At current rates, he suggests, 20 percent of existing species including both flora and fauna will become extinct in the next 30 years, precipitating "the sixth great extinction spasm" (Wilson 17) in evolutionary history – the one that may finally destroy the fabric of life forever. His book tries to establish the fact that man acts as an important agent in this process of destruction. Unmistakably, the earth is facing its most serious challenge – as a species in the web of life, man is rapidly destroying the fabric of his very existence.

The Role of Literature

The logical question any responsible human would ask is: "What can I do – What should I do – to stop this destruction?" One answer some give, surprisingly perhaps, is: "Study literature." Literature (especially the literature of nature) puts human beings in contact with writers and thinkers and philosophers, with scientists and prophets and pilgrims, all of whom have sought to understand their role in the universe and come to terms with their place in the natural world.

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Shoba. K.N. M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D. Assistant Professor of English Velammal Engineering College Surapet Chennai-600 066 Tamilnadu India shobaknvec@gmail.com
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