Ecofeminism in Margaret Atwood’s Novel Surfacing
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https://doi.org/10.56062/gtrs.2024.3.6.616Keywords:
Margaret Atwood, Ecological consciousness, Women’s condition, Conservation, Surfacing.Abstract
Margaret Atwood being the most significant Canadian novelist, poet and critic is chiefly popular for her writing about several social problems. This research paper chiefly analyses the depiction of ecological consciousness and its resemblance with women’s condition in Margaret Atwood’s widespread novel Surfacing. It is one of the most influential and pioneering novels of Margaret Atwood. It is observed that throughout the book, she tries to convey her concern about the planet earth. The novel primarily focuses on the negative effect of so called modern and advance technological development and human centered world on mother earth. Simultaneously, the novel also portrays the struggle of an unnamed protagonist and the narrator against the brutality of modern world. In the novel Atwood effectively tries to build the strong connection between women and nature.
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