Elemental Ecocriticism in Malayalam Literature

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Published: 2023-02-05
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Elemental Ecocriticism, Malayalam Literature, Environmental Wisdom, Nature Conservation, Ecological Ethics

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Megha Prakash

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Literature as a discipline helps to scrutinize the environmental wisdom. Elemental Ecocriticism accentuate elemental harmony, development of ethics for elements, and impose elemental warrior characteristics to be exhibited in the mundane, chaotic living. The elemental reading of nature aids in motivating readers to comprehend the importance of tending to and amending environmental issues in their local ecology and regional atmosphere. The elemental world is the base for survival, thereby the ethics towards the elemental forces are to be adopted is the proposal of elemental Ecocriticism. Kerala is undergoing rapid changes in their texture and composition with the march of time in the contemporary era. The environmental stories in Malayalam offer hope for the survival, balance, and eternity of the elements despite the rate of extinction.

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Vol. 2 No. 02 (2023)

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Research Articles
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Author Biography

Megha Prakash

Integrated B.ed, M.ed (First Year), Central University of Kashmir.

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