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    Women and Nature in Anita Desai's Fire on the Mountain: An Ecofeminist Analysis
    (Public Knowledge Project, 2018) Kaur,Jaswinder; Kaur, Zameerpal
    In modernsocieties, there are countless ways toview natureor environment.In modern-days,industrial practices move human beings awayfromthenature, so it becomesimportant to consider the ways in which we connect to our surrounding nature.People from all over the world are suffering from the results of the projects, which progress in today's industrial society.The way to such type of thinking is offered by the theory of ecocriticism. Ecocriticism deals withconceptssuch as deep ecology, ecopoeticsandecofeminism. Ecofeminism encouragesour interconnectedness with nature. It also addressesthe subjugation of women and marginalised people.The recognition of social and environmentalinjusticeis presented by categorizing women and subjugated people withtheenvironment. The social and environmentalissues,which are not separate,arethe central tenetsof Ecofeminism. So,the mistreatment of women, people of color and environment stem from thesame place.Anita Desai is one of the India's fore most writers. There are varietiesof ways to analyseand to look at Anita Desai's works. Anita Desai portrayssomething universal and greater by using ordinary and everyday activities.Her novel Fire on the Mountain (1977), won the National Academy of Letters Award in 1977, and The Sahitya Academy Award in 1978. The novel Fire on the Mountain depicts the darker aspects of women as well as the darker shades of nature.It also concernedwith the parallel victimization and domination of women and nature.
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    Ecocritical concerns in tracks by louise erdrich and the stone carvers by Jane Urquhart.
    (Central University of Punjab, 2017) Kaur, Jaskaran; Kaur, Zameerpaal
    Ecocriticism is a new approach to literature and an ecological criticism that examines the human representation of nature. Humans try to dominate the whole Earth and its inhabitants. The Ecocritical theory distributes the fundamental principle that human civilization is connected to the physical world and in return affected by it. Ecocriticism examines the critical apprehensions connected with nature such as deforestation, devastation of wildlife, overuse of natural resources, pollution regarding air, water, soil, and noise and rising level of sea water, etc. These issues are raised by scientists and environmentalists who focus on environmental issues and supremacy of man over non-human living and non-living substance. The comparative study of Tracks and The Stone Carvers reveal the ecocritical perspectives and suggest the preservation of nature and to live in peace with nature. These novels show their deep rooted social consciousness and ecological consciousness of their society. Natural environment has always remained a significant part of these texts and with the current increase environmental problems and issues, writers have exclusively paying attention on environmental problems.