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Volume 18:7 July 2018
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Ecocritical Perspective in Michelle Cohen Corasanti’s The Almond Tree

Ms. R. Kavitha and Ms. Shilpa Sreekumar, M. Phil. Scholar


Michelle Cohen Corasanti
Courtesy: http://thealmondtreebook.com/author-michelle-cohen-corasanti/

Abstract

Ecocriticism is commonly called as the study of the relationship between literature and the physical world. Behind all ecocritical work, the awareness is that human actions must be held accountable for the damage of the earth’s ecosystems. The human world has always considered nature as its inferior and abused in the name of progress and civilization with self-imposed power and authority over the world of nature. Ecology and Ecocriticism are now the significant aspects for the literary study and research. This paper reads the Ecocritical perspectives in Michelle Cohen Corasanti’s The Almond Tree in which the writer advocates the balanced co-relation between nature and mankind. The novel also focuses attention on the value of environmental balance for the survival of human beings.

Keywords: Cohen Corasanti, The Almond Tree, Ecocriticism, Nature, Environment, Land mining, Devastation.

Ecocriticism

Ecocriticism is often used as a catchall term for any aspect of the humanities addressing ecological issues but it primarily function as a literary and cultural theory. As Glotfelty and Fromm 1996 famously states, “Ecocriticism takes an earth-centered approach to literary studies rather than an anthropomorphic or human centered approach” (xviii). Ecocriticism is an interdisciplinary calling for collaboration between natural scientists, writers, literary critics, anthropologists, historians and so on. Ecocriticism examine the way we interact with and construct the environment which is both “natural” and “manmade’.

Two Waves of Ecocriticism

Several scholars have divided Ecocriticism into two waves. The First wave is characterized by its emphasis on nature writing as an object of study and as a meaningful practice. The primary concern in First wave Ecocriticism was to “Speak for” nature. The Second wave is particularly modern, and it breaks down of some of the long-standing distinctions between the human and non-human. This wave redefines the term ‘Environment’ by expanding its meaning to include both ‘nature’ and the ‘urban’.

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Ms. R. Kavitha
Assistant Professor

Ms. Shilpa Sreekumar
M.Phil. Scholar

Department of
Sree Narayana Guru College
Chavady
Coimbatore
shilpa.sreekumar121@gmail.com

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