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AN ECOCRITICAL INSIGHT INTO TED HUGHES POETRY AS AN ALTERNATIVE AND COMPLEMENTARY APPROACH TO ANTHROPOCENTRISM

57 Pages : 454-461

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2019(IV-II).57      10.31703/gssr.2019(IV-II).57      Published : Jun 2019

An Ecocritical Insight into Ted Hughe's Poetry as an Alternative and Complementary Approach to Anthropocentrism

    This paper aims to explore the ecocritical perspective of Ted Hughes in his poetry as an alternative and complementary approach to anthropocentrism. The present study, immersed in the ecocritical theoretical insights, is significant in terms of pinpointing Hughes' contribution to advocating the need to promote Eco-friendly and symbiotic attitudes for ensuring what is termed as ecological balance. In his poetry, it is evident that nature still retains vigor, vitality, and primal energy, which is lost by man. Obsessed with the idea of conquering nature, which has its roots in the enlightenment ideologies of the nineteenth century, reason-led humans have taken a dangerous route to reach the pinnacle of worldly success by defeating the environment around which man believes, is his enemy so must be vanquished. Ted Hughes is the one finest nature poets of the twentieth century, highly acclaimed for his treatment of nature,environment, animals, and symbiotic relationship between man and his environment. Animals and ecological concerns frequently appear in his poetry, and he shows a delicate and human concern for the non-human creatures and believes in the harmonious co-existence of humans and non-humans. This paper explores bio centrism in Ted’s poetry as an alternative and complementary approach to anthropocentrism.

    (1) Umar Hayat
    Lecturer in English, Government Guru Nanak Post Graduate College Nankana Sahib, Punjab, Pakistan
    (2) Nasir Iqbal
    Lecturer in English, Government Guru Nanak Post Graduate College Nankana Sahib, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (3) Mumtaz Ahmad
    Assistant Professor of English, Government Guru Nanak Post Graduate College Nankana Sahib, Punjab, Pakistan.
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    APA : Hayat, U., Iqbal, N., & Ahmad, M. (2019). An Ecocritical Insight into Ted Hughe's Poetry as an Alternative and Complementary Approach to Anthropocentrism. Global Social Sciences Review, IV(II), 454-461. https://doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2019(IV-II).57
    CHICAGO : Hayat, Umar, Nasir Iqbal, and Mumtaz Ahmad. 2019. "An Ecocritical Insight into Ted Hughe's Poetry as an Alternative and Complementary Approach to Anthropocentrism." Global Social Sciences Review, IV (II): 454-461 doi: 10.31703/gssr.2019(IV-II).57
    HARVARD : HAYAT, U., IQBAL, N. & AHMAD, M. 2019. An Ecocritical Insight into Ted Hughe's Poetry as an Alternative and Complementary Approach to Anthropocentrism. Global Social Sciences Review, IV, 454-461.
    MHRA : Hayat, Umar, Nasir Iqbal, and Mumtaz Ahmad. 2019. "An Ecocritical Insight into Ted Hughe's Poetry as an Alternative and Complementary Approach to Anthropocentrism." Global Social Sciences Review, IV: 454-461
    MLA : Hayat, Umar, Nasir Iqbal, and Mumtaz Ahmad. "An Ecocritical Insight into Ted Hughe's Poetry as an Alternative and Complementary Approach to Anthropocentrism." Global Social Sciences Review, IV.II (2019): 454-461 Print.
    OXFORD : Hayat, Umar, Iqbal, Nasir, and Ahmad, Mumtaz (2019), "An Ecocritical Insight into Ted Hughe's Poetry as an Alternative and Complementary Approach to Anthropocentrism", Global Social Sciences Review, IV (II), 454-461
    TURABIAN : Hayat, Umar, Nasir Iqbal, and Mumtaz Ahmad. "An Ecocritical Insight into Ted Hughe's Poetry as an Alternative and Complementary Approach to Anthropocentrism." Global Social Sciences Review IV, no. II (2019): 454-461. https://doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2019(IV-II).57