• Lissy Kachappilly
• Dr K M Johnson

Abstract From Ecocritical to Geocritical: Place and Spatiality in Amitav Ghosh’s The Hungry Tide Lissy Kachappilly Asst Professor in English Bharata Mata College, Thrikkakara Kochi-682021. Email: lisantbmc@gmail.com The two contemporary theoretical approaches of literature, Ecocriticism and Geocriticism complement each other as both the approaches rely on the interconnectedness of human consciousness and its environing milieu. Westphal formulates his theory of geocriticism in pragmatic terms, emphasizing the interface between fictional representations of real-world places and the places themselves. Westphal’s primary interest is in the literary representation of place while Ecocritics, the largely assumed advocates for the surroundings, display an indomitable spirit in matters of environmentalism and have been in the forefront in bringing together ecological and literary concerns by safeguarding and preserving the lived environments. These new approaches proposing novel ways of investigating literature, ecology, and geography observe the uses and abuses of space as meaningful and perceive their productive association in critical and social theory. In an attempt to understand the changing meaning of space and place in the present epoch, Westphal endorses that the fictional representations of place can have a powerful performative function in altering our perception and outlook of a place which we thought was familiar and predictable. Literary representations provide precious evidence to the various ways in which places have been perceived at different moments and it is through our bodily feelings and reactions to the environment that we enter into communication with the objective world. Such literary texts therefore present the individual in the context of place and defined by place. Key words: Ecocriticism, Geocriticism, ecology, space and place

Ecocriticism, Geocriticism, ecology, space and place

"From Ecocritical to Geocritical: Place and Spatiality in Amitav Ghosh’s The Hungry Tide", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 3, page no.b210-b216, March-2022, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2203128.pdf

"From Ecocritical to Geocritical: Place and Spatiality in Amitav Ghosh’s The Hungry Tide", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 3, page no. ppb210-b216, March-2022, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2203128.pdf