Indigenous Stories: An Exploration in Sarah Joseph’s  Gift in Green

K Mithun; C Govindaraj

doi:10.34293/sijash.v12iS3-Apr.9048

K Mithun Ph.D., Research Scholar (F/T), Department of English, Periyar University Centre for PG and Research Studies, Dharmapuri
C Govindaraj Professor & Head, Department of English, Periyar University Centre for PG and Research Studies, Dharmapuri

DOI: https://doi.org/10.34293/sijash.v12iS3-Apr.9048

Keywords: Textual Analysis, Aathi, Indigenous and Ecocriticism

Abstract

Stories are the first form of literature that is familiar to people of the world irrespective of their country, language, and other differences. Every nation, language, tribes has stories of their own. The researcher has chosen a translated literary work Sarah Joseph’s Gift in Green (2011) that was written in Malayalam language published and simultaneously translated into English by Dr. Valson Thampu. Ecocriticism is an interdisciplinary field that deals with ecological aspects in literature. It is wrong that Literature has nothing to do with the environment. Indeed, the environment has been hidden or neglected in text, but ecocriticism foregrounds and brings the hidden and neglected environmental elements to the forefront. In sum, literature has everything to do with the environment. The natural elements found in the chosen novel Gift in Green are water and land. The chosen novel Gift in Green deals with the island of Aathi and its people who led a life with water. This study interprets ecological perspectives, stories and its usefulness to the people.