Ecocriticism Essay

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Social and Cultural Perception of Ecocriticism in Contemporary India Ecocriticism, ‘the study of literary texts with reference to the interaction between human activity and the vast range of natural or non-human phenomena’ (Childs and Fowler 78), is gaining attention in the literary world. The reason is obvious; ecocriticism connects itself to the problem of ecological crisis, one of the biggest problems present in the contemporary world. Pope John Paul II expresses in The Ecocritical Crisis: A Common Responsibility: In our day, there is growing awareness that world peace is threatened not only by the arms race, regional conflicts and continued injustices among peoples and nations, but also by a lack of due respect for nature, by the plundering of …show more content…

But, that would be a broad area for a research. So making it specific, through the study of the social and cultural perception of ecocriticism in contemporary India, this paper tries to determine the future of ecocriticism in India. Social and cultural perception of ecocriticism in contemporary India stands for the ways the society and the present day culture of India perceive ecocriticism, what they feel and understand about ecocriticism. Therefore, the contemporary Indian society and its existing culture become the objects of research too. Contemporary India has been witnessing a transition in its social trends and cultural values. Practically, this young India is less worried about ecological crisis than its socio-cultural problems like caste system, issue related to women, substance abuse or addiction, communalism, issues related to the elderly etc. India is a developing nation, and one of the biggest problems of India is of unemployment and poverty. United Nations’ 2017 World Employment and Social Outlook report suggests, ‘unemployment in India is projected to increase from 17.7

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