An Eco-critical Analysis of Aamer Hussein’s Short Story A Convalescence

Abstract

Ecocriticism is the study of the interaction of nature and literature that analyzes how literary works portray the natural world, environment, backgrounds, themes and elements in particular regions or places. Ecological literature is interested in how people interact with their natural surroundings. The focus of this research project is to closely analyze a Pakistani literature short fiction A Convalescence by Aamer Hussein, using an ecocritical lens. It provides the theoretical framework of Greg Garrard’s notion of ecocriticism and examines its connections to environmentally oriented literary works and how nature affects human health in the selected work. It also examines how Hussein has utilized language in his literary works to convey his environmental message.  In a nutshell, this project emphasizes the importance of nature in man-made culture and further studies on ecocriticism in Pakistani literature to raise environmental consciousness.