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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.
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