Trees, Time, and Transformation: An Ecocritical Exploration of Richard Powers’s The Overstory

Kalpana K; Dr. R. Kannan

Trees, Time, and Transformation: An Ecocritical Exploration of Richard Powers’s The Overstory

Authors: Kalpana K, Dr. R. Kannan

Unique Paper ID: 173252
Volume: 11
Issue: 9
PageNo: 2220-2224

Keywords: Anthropocentrism Biodiversity Symbiosis sustainable lifestyle ecocriticism

Abstract:
This article examines the complicated hyperlink among people and nature in Richard Powers' The Overstory through the ecocritical lens, by studying the interdependence of all residing bureaucracy and the necessity of reassessing human ideals in light of the natural global. Powers emphasizes ecological interconnectedness and the long-term effects of environmental deterioration by way of deftly combining human reviews with the lives of trees. The studies specialize in how The Overstory highlights the moral duty that people ought to nature by means of opposing anthropocentrism and inspiring an exchange from exploitation to stewardship. The book challenges readers to reevaluate their element inside the environmental hassle with the aid of advocating for a extra understanding of ecological standards through the protagonists' stories and developing know-how of the natural world.

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ISSN: 2349-6002
Volume: 11
Issue: 9
PageNo: 2220-2224

Trees, Time, and Transformation: An Ecocritical Exploration of Richard Powers’s The Overstory

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