Abstract

In the 20th as well as in the 21st century it has already been witnessed by human beings that the earth is going to encounter environmental change and this change is directing us to a disastrous future All the branches of human knowledge are concerned about this In this respect literature is not silent and plays a significant role Ecocriticism analyses the representation of nature in literature it traces the process of environmental disruption and comments on the overall situation for a solution In this research article R K Narayan s novel The Man-eater of Malgudi is seen from an ecocritical perspective