Abstract

 

Ecological feminism or ecofeminism, is an interdisciplinary movement whichsignifies the blend of the fundamental movement in ecology and feminism. Ecofeminism is an ideology that find the oppression of women is interlinked to the oppression of nature with the same masculine centered attitudes and practices concerning to the patriarchal society. Ecofeminism has its roots in literature also. This paper would like to focus on the selected short stories of Rabindranath Tagore (the only Indian to get Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913), who has written nearly one hundred short stories though he is very well known as a poet, novelist, philosopher, painter and essayist. In most of his stories he has presented the treatment of women and their position in society. Through his stories, he tells the world that Indian women are highly sacrificing, loving, obedient, religious and kind. He found in the women of his country an immense wealth, their courage against all odds, their power of survival under the worst possible conditions. His short stories and novels are previously analyzed under the light of feminism but now the aim and objective of this paper is to evaluate them through the essence of ecofeminism which is a new term in literature. Keywords: Rabindranath Tagore, ecofeminism, Punishment, The Dumb Girl, The Wife’s Letter

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