Eco-feministic Perspective of Kamala Markandaya in the Novel the Coffer Dams

Abstract

This paper deals with the Eco-feministic views of Kamala Markandaya that she has expressed in her novels, which make her in the real sense a true Eco-feminist. The novel entitled The Coffer Dams (1969) is studied in this paper to find out her eco-feministic outlook. The focus is on comparing the qualities of the nature with the qualities of the women, the characters of Kamala Markandaya as true lovers and protectors of nature. It has been found that the chief character of this novel named Helen loves, respects, protects the nature and tries to consolidate her relationship with the animals, birds, flora and fauna and even she toils for making the people aware particularly her husband named Clinton the indispensability of the affectionate relationship of the man with nature. The novel unveils the men's outlook towards the woman and the nature, their tendency of showing dominance over woman and the nature and how the woman is exploited at their hands and the nature is getting destructed by them. An analytical method is used to study the eco-feministic perspective of Kamala Markandaya in this novel