ECOLOGICAL CONSCIOUSNESS IN THE SELECTED POEMS OF INDIAN AND WESTERN POETS

Abstract

Ecocriticism is the new branch of literature which deals with environment and literature in different perspectives. The true lovers of nature critically evaluate and exemplify the environmental issues. It is a kind of new platform to explore and protect the environment through writings. Actually, ecocritical movement started in the USA in late 19^th century and slowly spread across the world. The writers of English also took part for the protection of nature by exposing the repercussions from deforestation through their precious writings. Indian poets such as Gieve Patel, Dilip Chitre and Nikhil Sharma and western poets such as Adrian Flett, Charlotte Mew and George Woodcock are part of this phase. All of these poets have taken a great care and concern towards the environment and expressed their feelings over the tendency of humans with regard to deforestation. Their poems are highly motivational and realization to the people not to damage or destroy the vegetation on this planet and it’s an advice to stop the future pandemics also. Hence, ecological balance has become the recurrent issue of the present time in the entire universe. The present research article aims at analyzing critically about destroying the vegetation is equal to killing a human