THE AMALGAMATION OF HUMAN AND NATURAL WORLD: A STUDY OF DELIA OWENS’ NOVEL WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING

Ananthi. M; S. Vanitha

doi:10.29121/shodhkosh.v3.i2SE.2022.257

Authors

Ananthi. M Ph.D. Research Scholar, Department of English, PSG College of Arts and Science, Coimbatore-14, Tamil Nadu, India
Dr. S. Vanitha Assistant Professor, Department of English, PSG College of Arts and Science, Coimbatore-14, Tamil Nadu, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29121/shodhkosh.v3.i2SE.2022.257

Keywords:

Digital World, Natural World, Human Psyche, Solace And Ecopsychology

Abstract [English]

In the times of digital world, people tie their relationships with technologies and untie their relationships with natural world. It leads humans to despair and lose their peace of mind. So, people are slowly starting to search for their peace and find solace in natural world which consists of both the living and nonliving things as they are understood to be trustworthy than people and it heals the human psyche and body in an optimistic facet. This scenario is well depicted in the novel Where the Crawdads Sing. This paper focuses on the protagonist’s endeavor in overcoming humiliation, disappointment, challenges, obstacles with the synthesis of ecology and finds comfort in the mother Nature. And also, it explores how the study of ecopsychology aids to create an affinity between human and nature which results in healthy life.

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