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An Ecofeminist Reading of Tagore’s Red Oleanders

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Last updated: 04 Jan 2025

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Ecofeminism is a type of feminism that attempts to examine the relationship between woman's oppression and environmental exploitation in a male-dominated society. It also tackles the environmental problems and the factors that lead to the destruction of nature and the exploitation of woman. Ecofeminists reject the patriarchal system that subordinates both women and nature, causing both to suffer. They try to protect the environment and woman from man's tyranny. This paper aims at tracing aspects of ecofeminism in Ravindranath Tagore's Red Oleanders. Tagore (1861-1941) is an Indian writer, poet, and dramatist. His play, Raktakarabi, is also known as Red Oleanders. It can be read from an ecofeminist perspective because nature and the main protagonist, Nandini, mirror each other. The play depicts Nandini's struggle to free nature from the tyranny of the king and his men who caused much harm to nature due to his thirst for power and greed. Therefore, this paper attempts to highlight the exploitation of nature, and the oppression of woman by patriarchal society as presented in Tagore's play, Red Oleanders. Moreover, it investigates how far the woman heroine conserves nature from the King, who is the main reason for all the town's problems.

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10.21608/kgef.2021.228225

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Development, ecocriticism, Ecology, ecofeminism, environment, Hierarchy, Patriarchy.2

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shimaa

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ahmed

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جامعة حلوان کلية الاداب

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shemmo0_ahmed@yahoo.com

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الجيزه البدرشين

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53

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1

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32229

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2021-07-01

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2022-03-30

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2021-07-01

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20

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1110-8142

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2735-3311

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مجلة کلية الآداب . حلوان

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An Ecofeminist Reading of Tagore’s Red Oleanders

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23 Jan 2023