LANGUAGE IN INDIA

Strength for Today and Bright Hope for Tomorrow

Volume 13:5 May 2013
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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Ecological Aspects in the Selected Poems of Toru Dutt, Sarojini Naidu and Kamala Das and Green Density Measure

Archana Dahiya, M. A., NET

Role and Function of Ecology

The term “ecology” has been derived from the Greek word “oikos” which “means habitat or household, thus it is both natural as well as cultural” (qtd. in Nirmaldasan 20). Ecology forms a major aspect in almost every genre of literature. And a study of these ecological aspects as represented and exhibited in a literary genre is known as eco-criticism. It is an attempt to create awareness about ecological concerns. William Rueckert defines ecocriticism as the “application of ecology and ecological concepts to the study of literature because ecology (as a science, as a discipline, as the basis for human vision) has the greatest relevance to the present and the future of the world” (Rueckert 107). Various lethal activities by men have caused a great harm to ecology. The incessant cutting of trees for human use and deforestation, use of weapons and missiles, of radioactive material in nuclear power plants, industrial pollution and many more such activities have led to serious ecological problems such as global warming, increased rate of pollution, frequent coastal inundation, tsunami and cyclones, earthquakes and floods. This damaging of the nature has not only caused a disastrous change in the climactic conditions all over the earth but has also proved destructive to the ozone layer, the protective shield of our earth. And now there is an urgent and pressing need to safeguard our environment and make our earth a better place to live.

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Archana Dahiya, M. A., NET
Department of English and Foreign Languages
Maharshi Dayanand University
Rohtak – 124001
Haryana
India
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