• MEHAK ALTAF
• Dr. MANJINDER KAUR WRATCH

: Literature scholars evaluate writings that highlight environmental issues and look at the various ways literature approaches the subject of nature as part of the multidisciplinary field of ecological criticism. Contemporary writers have provided in-depth depiction of nature and its impact on human life in their literary works. Khaled Hosseini is a well established Afghan American writer, who loves to write about his country. The present paper strives to evaluate Khaled Hosseini’s novel A Thousand Splendid Suns (2007) from an eco-critical stance, set in the back-drop of war torn Afghanistan. This research is important and worthwhile as it is an effort to raise human awareness about the damage caused to nature especially in the beleaguered country like Afghanistan. Thus the paper, with textual references also offer a deep insight into the role nature plays in healing and providing solace to the person affected especially women during the time of war.

Ecocriticism, Ecological destruction, Ecological degradation, Ecofeminism, spiritual Ecology.

"HEALING WITH NATURE:AN ECOCRITICAL STUDY OF KHALED HOSSEINI'S A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 1, page no.b185-b187, January-2023, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2301127.pdf

"HEALING WITH NATURE:AN ECOCRITICAL STUDY OF KHALED HOSSEINI'S A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 1, page no. ppb185-b187, January-2023, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2301127.pdf