An ecocritical analysis of select plays of chandrasekhar kambar and hs shivaprakash

Abstract

Chandrasekhar Kambar and HSShivaprakash are the most newlinepromising contemporary dramatists of Karnataka who address the disturbing newlineglobal issues such as ecocatastrophe colonial aggression and the oppression newlineof humans and nonhuman others In order to deal with these issues they rely newlineon mythology folklore dramatic techniques and incidents taken from routine newlinelife They allow the influence of modernism in their writings but with caution newlinelimitations and reservation They try to change the condition of the world newlinethrough writing newlineKambar and Shivaprakash have identified mans loss of connection newlineto nature as the cause of unhealthy situation and they try to redirect humans newlinetoward the right understanding of nature As the lives of the humans are newlineconnected to nature Kambar and Shivaprakash expound the obligation of newlinesafeguarding it newline newline