• NIBEDITA BISWAS

The notion of “Ecocriticism” has been an emerging trend as evinced in literature, developing an outlook, somewhat transgenic in sense. The term after being first used in William Rueckart’s essay “Literature and Ecology: An Experiment in Ecocriticism(1978)”, has given rise to multifarious approaches of studying the man- nature relationship, both in terms of conformity and conflict. Amitav Ghosh’s “The Hungry Tide”, set against the backdrop of Sunderbans, a delta formed by the confluence of the Ganges,Brahmaputra and Meghna rivers in the Bay of Bengal, vividly portrays the eco- critical view in terms of the survival needs which chiefly governs the confrontation between mankind and nature. The novel pivots round the concern of needs and requirements and their fulfillment to be meted out by the settlers of the land and its ambiance as well. The aim of this paper is to explore the extension of the word ‘hunger’ as enforced and its eco- critical justification by the author in his novel - reflected in the interpersonal networking of the characters, intricacies of situation resulting from socio-political unrest, aquatic and terrestrial incongruity – all are interconnected in a larger domain of ecological cycle.

Key words: Ecocriticism, transgenic, interdependence, ecological, balance, upsurge, entrepreneurial, environmentalism, conflict, precariousness, symmetry, bountiful, inexorable, abode.

"AN ECO-CRITICAL PERSPECTIVE OF ‘HUNGER’ IN “THE HUNGRY TIDE”", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 6, page no.b70-b72, June-2021, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2106151.pdf

"AN ECO-CRITICAL PERSPECTIVE OF ‘HUNGER’ IN “THE HUNGRY TIDE”", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 6, page no. ppb70-b72, June-2021, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2106151.pdf