Exploring RK Narayan’s The World of Nagaraj through Green Lens
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2024
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Abstract
The World of Nagaraj, a novel by RK Narayan portrays the friendship between Nagaraj and the natural world. Mainly Nagaraj’s love towards his garden is the microscopic version of the entire natural world. This critique examines the novel The World of Nagaraj through the ecocritical point of view, highlighting the spiritual kinship between nature and human life. Through the eco-critical framework, this paper explores how Narayan employs natural phenomena into the storyline to influence the characters and the readers simultaneously. The novel was set in the fictional town of Malgudi and it provides a delicate balance between the peaceful, serene life of Nagaraj and the fast approaching modernity that threatens this equilibrium.The study penetrates into the life of Nagaraj, who lives peacefully in the lap of nature in the traditional way without the touch of modernity. The novelist uses natural elements like the holy peepal tree, the river, the cyclical changing of the season etc to reflect Nagaraj’s internal states of mind and psychology. This study also highlights the ecological implications of modernization as represented by Tim, nephew of Nagaraj who helps Nagaraj to grow his character a lot in the novel. His high ambitions and restless attitude gives us a break from the harmonious coexistence with Nature.This paper explores Narayan’s grave concerns on environmental degradation and the destructions of ecological balance due to human actions. This ecocritical point of view not only enriches the understanding of the novel but also underscores the relevance to current environment issues.Through the ecocriticism we will try to examine the human oppression on nature and its outcome. In a nutshell the novel World of Nagaraj is a novel of exploration of an ordinary common man Nagaraj who lives in a small town Malgudi. His peaceful life is disrupted by the introduction of Tim, his nephew from Madras. Through his character Nagaraj Narayan tries to focus on the universal themes of change, growth and adaptation.
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| Authors | Uttam Kumar Maji |
| Journal | International Journal of Science and Social Science Research |
| Year | 2024 |
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