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Volume 18:1 January 2018
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Egalitarian Worldview: The Fundamental Deliberation of Nature

Dr. S. G. Mohanraj, M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D.
Dr. S. Sreejana, M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D.


W. S. Merwin
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Abstract

Emergence of ecocriticism in English Literature in the recent decades has opened new avenues to analyze literary texts from an ecological perspective. William Stanley Merwin, a contemporary American Poet Laureate and a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, has written numerous poems insisting the importance of ecological balance and the need to stop the destruction of nature. Every element in this universe has its own value in terms of its uniqueness, individuality and usefulness and hence it is merely unfair to compare one element with another with regard to its size, shape or use. Right to existence should be independent of the economic value of the element, but the saddest part is that most of the times economic value of things add significance to its existence. By recognizing the intrinsic worth of other living beings, one recognizes the solidarity of all life forms. This thought has been clearly demonstrated by Merwin in his poems. This research study will analyze the poems of W. S. Merwin from an ecocritical standpoint and it will highlight the importance of mutual existence of every life form to have a sustainable development and to prevent the collapse of naturally existing ecosystems.

Keywords: Ecocriticism, Environmental Literature, Ecopoetry, Merwin, Egalitarianism

Egalitarian Worldview: The Fundamental Deliberation of Nature

Social relevance of literary texts has become a matter of prime significance in the current state of affairs. Most of the developed nations and a few developing countries have slowly started to ignore the pressing environmental concerns despite obvious climatic changes and recording of high pollution rate in major metropolitan cities. This ideology of nations may be the resultant of the anthropocentric mindset without considering the importance of other life forms. Even the non-living constituents of this universe play their part in preserving the prevailing natural ecosystems. Emergence of ecocriticism in English Literature in the recent decades has opened new avenues to analyze literary texts from an ecological perspective. Its impact is well evident with a few texts like Silent Spring written by Rachel Carson resulting in banning of DDT in the United States. This research study will analyze the poems of W. S. Merwin from an ecocritical standpoint and it will highlight the importance of mutual existence of every life form to have a sustainable development and to prevent the collapse of naturally existing ecosystems.

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Dr. S.G. Mohanraj, M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of English
Kumaraguru College of Technology
Chinnavedampatti
Coimbatore – 641049
Tmilnadu
India
sgmohanraj@gmail.com

Dr. S. Sreejana, M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of English
Kumaraguru College of Technology
Chinnavedampatti
Coimbatore – 641049
Tamilnadu
India
sreejanasasikumar@gmail.com

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