Ecocriticism in Malayalam

Edited By: G. Madhusoodanan

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As ecocriticism shifts to focus on local and unheard voices, this volume presents diverse perspectives from Kerala’s rich literary texts. Weaving a unique ecocritical narrative, these essays are written by award-winning writers in Malayalam.

The global trend in the scholarly field of ecocriticism (or, broadly, environmental humanities) is shifting towards localized sub-areas. This shift has been instrumental in canonizing…

The global trend in the scholarly field of ecocriticism (or, broadly, environmental humanities) is shifting towards localized sub-areas. This shift has been instrumental in canonizing local, subaltern, postcolonial, and unheard voices in ecocriticism. Such ecocriticism has gained relevant significance in the disciplines of humanities and social sciences, and boldly displays diverse ecocultural perspectives on communities, societies, languages and literatures—all of these being distinctly different from each other. Weaving a unique, ecocritical narrative from the rich literary and cultural texts belonging to Kerala, this volume presents several ecocritical perspectives, written by award-winning writers in Malayalam.

G. Madhusoodanan entered the Indian Administrative Service in 1976, after completing his Masters in Botany. He is the Founder Director General of the World Institute of Sustainable Energy, Pune, a non-profit, non-governmental organization. A distinctive voice in contemporary Malayalam criticism, his critical interventions are recognizable for their ecocritical and ecoaesthetic tenor, and for their outstanding contributions to this hitherto neglected area of Malayalam criticism. His major work, Kathayum Paristhithiyum [Story and the Environment] (2000), has won five major literary awards, the Kerala Sahitya Academy Award, the Thayyat Smarka Abudabhi Shakti Award, the Thoppil Ravi Memorial Award, the Dr C. P. Menon Memorial Award, and the Dr M. S. Menon Memorial Award.

P Satchidanandan, Asha Menon, EP Rajagopalan, EV Ramakrishnan, G. Madhusoodanan, Mini Prasad, MN Vijayan, Mohamuda Beegum, Ajaykumar N, R Narendra Prasad, NP Mohammed, P Soman, P Pavithran, PK Rajasekharan, PPK Pothuval, PS Manojkumar, Rathi Menon K, Deepa S, K. Satchidanandan, Sebastian Vattamattam, Shaji Jacob, T Sreevalsan, T Anitha Kumary, Unnikrishnan UK, VC Sreejan, VJ Sebastian, Aleena Manoharan, Alwin Alexander, Appu John, Arunlal K, Cherry Philopose, Gaya Hadiya, Irwin Varughese, Navaneetha Suresh, Nithya K. Gopi, Nithya Mariam John, Rajitha Venugopal, Nithya Mariam John, Rajitha Venugopal, Rayson K. Alex, Reena J Andrews, Sachindev PS, Satchin Joseph Koshy, Sheeja Rajagopal, Teny David