Study of Robert Frost’s Poetry: An Ecocritical Approach
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Ecocriticism or ecocritical approach to a literary text is an approach to explore representations of the natural environment in a literary text. Ecocriticism began to emerge as a critical and cultural approach to literary study from the late 1980s against the backdrop of a severe environmental crisis all over the world. Since the beginning of the industrialization and capitalistic economy, the rift between humans and the natural environment is ever on the increase. Throughout the ages, great poets and writers have emphasized the importance of a harmonious relationship between man and the natural world for a healthy and peaceful coexistence. But humans have shown their utter callousness. In today’s capitalistic social and political structure, environmental issues are hardly taken into consideration and the world is increasingly heading towards crisis. Against this backdrop, the humanities cannot sit idle. Therefore, the emergence of a critical approach namely ‘ecocriticism’ in the 1980s had been a time-befitting academic endeavor. Today many literary texts are being studied ecocritically to showcase the ecological aspects of the texts and thus make people aware of the importance of preserving the natural environment. The present study has been designed with this end in view. Here the major poems of the leading American poet Robert Frost have been studied from an ecocritical point of view. Although man amidst nature is a common feature in his poetry, there are distinctive treatments as well. This study has been designed to analyze and interpret his poetry eco-critically. The study, therefore, is meant for a critical scholarship.
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