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@article{194666,
        author = {DR. PRATIMA PRIYADARSHNI},
        title = {Ecofeminism in the works of Jane Austen},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {2026},
        volume = {12},
        number = {10},
        pages = {5104-5108},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=194666},
        abstract = {In this research article we can find how Jane Austen’s novels can be read through an ecofeminist lens, even though she wrote long before ecofeminism emerged as a formal field of thought. At first glance, Austen may appear mainly concerned with courtship, manners, and domestic society, yet a closer reading suggests that her fiction is deeply attentive to the relationship between women, land, property, and moral responsibility. In her novels, nature is never entirely separate from human life. Tensions of class, gender, and power is reflective through estates, gardens, walking paths, and rural settings.  Subordination of women and the possession of land are closely connected in Austen’s world of writing. The study examines selected novels such as Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, Emma, and Mansfield Park to understand how ecological and feminine concerns intersect in subtle but important ways. It argues that Austen does not use landscape merely as decoration. Rather, physical spaces often reveal emotional truth, social inequality, and the ethics of care. Women in Austen’s fiction frequently live within systems controlled by inheritance, patriarchy, and economic dependence, while land remains tied to status, authority, and masculine privilege. Yet Austen also imagines forms of perception shaped by attentiveness, humility, and emotional intelligence. Her heroines often respond to people and places with a sensitivity that contrasts with the pride, greed, or carelessness of others. By applying ecofeminist theory to Austen, this paper offers a fresh way of understanding her novels. It suggests that Austen quietly questions structures built on domination, whether over women, property, or the natural world. Her fiction does not present open rebellion, but it does reveal the moral cost of possession without care. Therefore, Austen may be seen not only as a novelist of society and marriage, but also as a writer whose work invites reflection on balance, responsibility, and the shared value of human and natural life.},
        keywords = {Ecofeminism, Fiction, relationship, responsibility, courtship},
        month = {March},
        }