An Ecocritical Approach in Dhruv Bhatt’s ‘Akoopar’

Abstract

Ecocriticism focuses on the analyses of man – nature relationship and also studies its reflection in literature. Dhruv Bhatt is one of the well – known writers of modern Gujarati literature. His works are embedded with human sensibilities and social satires; he celebrates humanity in the lap of Nature. The novel Akoopar (2010), translated in English as the Akoopar – The Infinite (2012) by Piyush Joshi and Suresh Gadhavi one such work celebrating the role of nature in human life. Ecocriticism studies the depiction of natural world and man – nature binary in the literary works. The present paper aims at applying the theory of ecocriticism on one of the Gujarati novels Akoopar by Dhruv Bhatt which depicts the issues of the natural world. Akoopar deal with the depiction of man – nature relationship. The novel is the finest example of man – nature relationship and thus the present paper aims at analyzing it through the theory of Ecocriticism.