Volume IV Special Issue II February 2024

Name of Author : Dr. R Saritha

Title of the paper : Environmental Rampage and Tribal Displacement: An Ecocritical Study of Iraianbus Aathankarai Ooram

Abstract: Iraianbus Aathankarai Ooram is a short tamil novel that details the plight of tribal people of Sindur villge of Maharashtra upon sudden proclamation of dam project. Their harmonious residence along the place is disturbed when the government officials announce the upcoming plan of constructing dam on the river near their village. The theory of ecocriticism is applied to the fiction to highlight the irrecoverable damage carried on natural milieu of the Sindur village which is the home of the tribal people. The large spectrum of development induces detrimental effect on the small indigenous society as the title of the research paper indicates the environment is destroyed and the native tribal are forced out of their land. The ecocritical study explains individuals as environmentally viable as they possess symbiotic relationship with nature.

Keywords : Ecocriticism, Tribal People, Environmental Degradation, Dam and Displacement

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Page Number : 136-139