Pritam Ghosh
Volume-XIV, Issue-III, April 2026
Volume-XIV, Issue-III, April 2026 | ||
Received: 22.04.2026 | Accepted: 24.04.2026 | |||
Published Online: 30.04.2026 | Page No: | |||
DOI: 10.64031/pratidhwanitheecho.vol.14.issue.03W. | ||||
The
Journey Towards Nature: Re-interpreting Selected Writings of Easterine Kire
Through the Lens of Ecocriticism
Pritam Ghosh, Research Scholar, Cooch Behar Panchanan
Barma University, West Bengal, India | |
Eco-critical study investigates the
relationship between culture and nature.
Cheryll Glotfelty defines it as the relationship between culture and
nature and “interrelationships”, especially the arts and culture of language
and literature. The selected writings of Easterine Kire will examine how these
writings provide a bridge between the people and the physical environment of
Nagaland. The novels deal with Naga roots and narrate the story of hills,
rocks, rivers, trees, and other elements of nature along with the
socio-cultural life of Naga people. Glotfelty argues as “Ecocritics encourage
others to think seriously about the relationship of humans to nature, about the
ethical and aesthetic dilemmas posed by the environmental crisis, and about how
language and literature transmit values with profound environmental
implications”. This paper is an attempt of re-interpreting Kire’s eco-critical
concern of North-Eastern India, especially Nagaland. How Kire has portrayed the
problem of environmental crisis in the relationship with literature and nature,
is the prime motif of the present paper. The present paper will explore the
writings of Easterine Kire named Sky is my Father: A Naga Village Remembered,
When the River Sleeps as an eco-critical text.
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