• PRABAGARAN G

This paper is to examine the perspective of Eco criticism in Amitav Ghosh’s famous novel “sea of poppies”. Amitav Ghosh is an Indian writer famously known for his work in English fiction. Eco criticism is the study of relationship between the literature and the earth’s environment. In the context of scope, the critics call this as a broad approach. It takes an interdisciplinary point of view by analysing the literary works with the context of environmental issues and nature. This novel “Sea of Poppies” is a historical novel which assembles from different corners of the world sailors, marines and passengers for the Ibis, a slaving schooner now converted to the transport of coolies and opium. This novel gives us a preview how in the nineteenth century colonialism demolished the ecosystem of the country. In this novel Amitav Ghosh tries to show the loss of natural environment during the colonial rule in India. So through the concept of eco criticism, I focus on the changes that happen due to the cultivation of opium, and how its addiction leads to the death in the novel ‘Sea of Poppies’.

Eco criticism, Colonialism, Ganga, Opium, Nature, Seeds.

"ECOCRITICISM IN AMITAV GHOSH’S SEA OF POPPIES", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 2, page no.208-211, February-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRAA06043.pdf

"ECOCRITICISM IN AMITAV GHOSH’S SEA OF POPPIES", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 2, page no. pp208-211, February-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRAA06043.pdf