| Autor: |
Mohanraj, S. G., Sreejana, S. |
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Language in India; Jan2018, Vol. 18 Issue 1, p383-389, 6p |
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Emergence of ecocriticism in English Literature in the recent decades has opened new avenues to analyze literary texts from an ecological perspective. William Stanley Merwin, a contemporary American Poet Laureate and a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, has written numerous poems insisting the importance of ecological balance and the need to stop the destruction of nature. Every element in this universe has its own value in terms of its uniqueness, individuality and usefulness and hence it is merely unfair to compare one element with another with regard to its size, shape or use. Right to existence should be independent of the economic value of the element, but the saddest part is that most of the times economic value of things add significance to its existence. By recognizing the intrinsic worth of other living beings, one recognizes the solidarity of all life forms. This thought has been clearly demonstrated by Merwin in his poems. This research study will analyze the poems of W. S. Merwin from an ecocritical standpoint and it will highlight the importance of mutual existence of every life form to have a sustainable development and to prevent the collapse of naturally existing ecosystems. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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