LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 20:2 February 2020
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Voice of Ecocriticism in Shanmathi Sriramulu’s The Speaking Breeze

Sabaripriyan. M

Breeze

Abstract

Ecocriticism has created an incredible place in various genres of literature all over the world. This term was first defined by Cheryll Glotfelty. Ecocriticism is the study of interrelationship between literature and global environment. It mainly focuses on the literature of the environment. It is otherwise known as Green Writing. It reflects how nature is portrayed in literature. The paper seeks to explore ecocritical perspective in selected poems of Shanmathi Sriramulu. The existence of literature and physical environment creates and moulds a development in humans. In this mechanical and technological society, men are fascinated by machines rather than by the beauty of nature. Ecocriticism not only speaks about the wilderness and its beauty but also about the environmental crises. The main aim of this paper is to make man care about his beautiful environment, which is in menace, due to some innovations in industrialization.

Keywords: Shanmathi Sriramulu, The Speaking Breeze, Ecocriticism, Environmental Crises, Colonizing the forest, Inventions

Introduction

Shanmathi Sriramulu is an Indian English poetess and research scholar from Villupuram, Tamil Nadu. She published her debut literary piece at a young age. It is titled as The Speaking Breeze and was published in the year 2018. The Speaking Breeze is a collection of poems which speaks about contemporary issues that exist in the society. Shanmathi Sriramulu’s poems present the themes of nature, love, feminism, class difference and struggle, casteism and gender discrimination. Through her writings the author aims to equalize the imbalance in the society. This paper explores how nature is depicted and what is the current scenario regarding man and his natural environment.

In the poem “The Woeful Wizard” Shanmathi speaks of the tragic condition of the landscape and the river, through a wizard’s voice. The river without water and the riverbank without sand were completely prosperous a few decades ago. At present where did the prosperity go?

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Sabaripriyan. M
Assistant Professor
Department of English
Rajiv Gandhi College of Engineering and Technology
East Coast Rd, Kirumampakkam, Puducherry - 607403
sabaripriyan8@gmail.com
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