Abstract:
During the second half of the 20th century to be precise the last forty to fifty years the study of
literature has metamophosised strikingly due to the magnetism of such miscellaneous critical
techniques to texts as structuralism, post structuralism, Modernism and post Modernism, New
historicism, Deconstruction, the subaltern studies, Feminism, Magical Realism and post
colonial theory in to this diverse blend of approaches should be computed the Newly
emanated field of eco – criticism. It can be interpreted as the study of relationship that
prevails between literature and nature. The issues of power, authority, ideology,
consumerism, capitalism and its consequences for ex: modernism and globalization play
prominent and vital roles. In determining the discourse of Eco- criticism.
Re- reading the poetic- texts of major Sinhala romantic poets who represent the second phase
of Colombo poetic era and the modern poets like Ariyawansa Ranaweera in the light of eco
criticism provide rare insights in to the complexities of the natural world and the human
world. Further it provides an understanding of subtle interaction of the above mentioned dual
words. The poems which belong to "Chayawaad" period of Hindi literature the classical
Chinese poetry and the romantic poetry tradition of the west too succeeds in connecting
cultural encounters to the realms of nature through the imagination of the poetic vision.
An attempt has made in this study to analyze the style, techniques, vision and the underlying
message of the above mentioned literary traditions. Also special attention was paid to
examine the perspectives of the eco- criticism and how it has encouraged has encouraged the
connoisseur to reimaging the relationship pursued by various poets in representing the
interaction of the humans and the nature.
