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Ruskin Bond is a prolific writer whose short stories for children are found to have a deep insight into several aspects of human nature as well as Nature in general. Bond grew up in Dehradun among trees, birds, and animals. Hence, his short stories and poems abound in metaphors and imageries borrowed from Nature. Through his writings, Bond observes and contemplates the symbiotic relationship between man and Nature. Ecocriticism broadly deals with the interdisciplinary analysis of literature and the environment where there is an attempt to enquire into environmental concerns and ecological issues as represented in the text. It also probes into the manner in which the subject of Nature is engaged with in the text. This paper is an attempt to look at the various ways in which an Ecocritical approach to write about human experiences and surroundings in select stories of Ruskin Bond. |
