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Awareness of eco-literature has recalled the central ideology of
environmentalism - "to think globally and act locally." As this
volume shows, various tags of contemporary discourse have emerged,
including transnational, cosmopolitan, hybridity, diaspora, and
generally cultural. These concerns highlight such global
environmental problems as biodiversity, climate change, and
developing new forms of interconnectedness with local and regional
communities. In this context, contemporary discourse becomes of
immediate concern in understanding the environmental crisis. In a
way, reading different cultures and experiences can contribute to a
contemporary discourse that can facilitate an environmental
sensibility and develop a unique ecological approach.
The study of literature and the environment evokes and promotes
this highly original eco-critical collection and its contributions
to evaluating the preservation of nature and human attachment and
to situate it at a local, communitarian, or bio-regional level.
Revisiting eco-literature can aid our exploration of numerous
global issues and challenges through a literary rendition of the
natural world in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction. Reflecting on
different works will prompt the readers to intensify their search
for viable and effective choices and healthy alternatives in a
confusing world.
Eco-criticism, as explored in this volume edited by Sr. Candy
D'Cunha, begins with the concept of imagination, in other words,
eco-aesthetics through which the power of words, stories, images,
essence, and meaning are directly applied to environmental problems
that afflict planet earth today. On the other hand, eco-criticism
also concurs with the other branches of environmental humanities in
the realm of history, ethics, anthropology, religious studies, and
humanistic geography, among others. Arising from developing world
perspectives, these fields harmonize environmental phenomena to
comprehend the array of environmental concerns through a
transnational perspective. In addition to these, the honest
depiction of the harm done to the environment is to enable human to
rethink and reorient themselves for radically transforming the
present eco-system.
Margaret Atwood is arguably the most renowned and internationally
acclaimed Canadian writer, poet, novelist, short story writer,
literary critic, and environmental activist. In this incisive
interpretation of Atwood's prose, Candy D'Cunha argues that the
novelist's ecosophical vision provides valuable lessons that could
help in creating a greater and more responsible awareness in the
modern psyche about the environment. By exploring the works of
Atwood, one can understand the need for a deeper rethinking and a
clearer re-orientation in this area. Select novels, namely
Surfacing (1972), The Handmaid's Tale (1985), Oryx and Crake
(2003), The Year of the Flood (2009), and MaddAddam (2013), bring
out the principles of ecological philosophy by describing various
aspects of the current ecological crisis. Duplicity in the norms
and recognition, the degradation of the environment, consequent
tragic dilemmas, and the general ghastliness of life are all found
in Atwood's oeuvre. A number of studies have been made on the
thematic works of Atwood, such as feminism, quest for identity,
power and politics, dystopian and utopian elements, but this book
is the first ecosophical exploration of Atwood's themes and
concerns. This volume enables readers to propagate the requisite
ecological wisdom for self-realization for the harmonious and just
development of society. Interpreting Atwood's works from an Indian
perspective also helps to promote Indian ecological justice.
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