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Interweaving Ecology and Culture in Bibhutibhushan Bondopadhyay’s Of the Forest

Author(s) MALAY ROY
Country India
Abstract This paper investigates the intricate relationship between ecology and culture as depicted in Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay's novel Of the Forest (Aranyak). It looks at how common situations and human social orders are profoundly interconnected, with social character and conventional structure of tribal and rustic communities formed by the forest. The novel depicts the forest not simply as a scenery but as an imperative, living substance that impacts the social, spiritual, and economic lives of the individuals occupying it. This consider uncovers how social structure, such as customs, legends, and jobs like chasing and horticulture, are closely connected to the rhythms of the forest. Through an ecocritical focal point, this paper investigates how the novel highlights the indigenous communities’ ecological information and maintainable structure. These communities don't see the forest just as a asset, but as a sacrosanct space necessarily to their social and spiritual personalities. Their customs, folklores, agricultural structure, and livelihoods—whether chasing, gathering, or farming are molded by the common rhythms of the forest. The novel portrays their relationship with land isn't fair financial, but profoundly social, fortifying a holistic approach where nature and culture are indivisible. The paper moreover digs into how Bandyopadhyay employs the novel to regret the loss of both environmental and cultural differences. As the forest destroyed, the conventional ways of life tied to it, driving to the fragmentation of the communities and havoc of cultural habits established in environmental settings. This demolition is depicted as a catastrophe of both the natural world and the human soul. The novel also studies the capitalist ethos that prioritizes economic advancement at the cost of ecological sustainability, addressing the menacing effect of modernization on both nature and innate culture. The article concludes by examining how Bandyopadhyay’s forest imagery transcends simple environmental imagery and transforms it into a symbol of cultural and environmental tolerance. The forest gets to be a location of social resistance to advancement of modernity, encapsulating a space where innate knowledge and practices proceed to offer an alternative to the destructive impact of modernization. The paper calls for a deeper understanding of the relationship between people and their environment, and calls for a return to a better relationship with nature.
Keywords Ecocriticism, environment, nature, literature, ecology and culture, Environmental degradation, Cultural Displacement, Sustainability
Field Arts
Published In Volume 6, Issue 5, September-October 2024
Published On 2024-10-06
Cite This Interweaving Ecology and Culture in Bibhutibhushan Bondopadhyay’s Of the Forest - MALAY ROY - IJFMR Volume 6, Issue 5, September-October 2024. DOI 10.36948/ijfmr.2024.v06i05.28376
DOI https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2024.v06i05.28376
Short DOI https://doi.org/g79457
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