Ecocritical Analysis.pdf (original) (raw)

Landscape and human beings make an ecosystem in a given area. Interconnectedness and harmony between man and environment are very crucial for their balance and survival. Any damage of at least one of them is prejudicial to the well-being of the rest. An Eco critical analysis of Charles Dickens’ Hard Times shows how industrial landscape and cities are destroyed by activities of human beings and how this destruction has, in turn, affected human life negatively. The paper finds that both nature and man are degraded and that the latter is fully responsible for such ecological tragedy. It underpins that solutions to ecological crisis are more social than scientific concerns and that a change of capitalistic ideology can bring a more responsible attitude among men toward environment. Key words: Eco critical analysis, landscape, man, ecology, degradation.