Felling of the Banyan Tree Ecocritical Analysis.pptx

semester 2 presentation

1. Name: Maraj Saleem Date: 23-05-2024 Ecocritical Analysis of "Felling of the Banyan Tree" by Dilip Chitre

2. Introduction Dilip Chitre was born in Baroda in 1938. He  is a bilingual writer. He was awarded a visiting fellowship by the International Writing Programme of the University of Iowa in USA. An Anthology of Marathi Poetry, Travelling in a Cage , The Mountain, No-Moon Monday On The River Karha are some of his collections of poetry

3. Cont … Felling of Banyan Tree is published in his collection of poems “ Travelling in a Cage ” Overview of the poem "Felling of the Banyan Tree“ Purpose of the ecocritical analysis

4. Symbolism of Banyan Tree Deep-rooted cultural, Familial, and Ecological heritage. Stability and Tradition

5. Interconnectedness “Trees are sacred my grandmother used to say. Felling them is a crime” (cultural and spiritual reverence for nature, moral and obligation to protect trees.) “We watched in terror and fascination this slaughter” (emotional and psychological impact of this event)

6. Human Impact on Nature “He massacred them all The Sheoga , the oudumber , the neem were all cut down” (shows anthropocentric view) “From thirty feet or more so first they cut the branches. Fifty man with axes chopped and chopped. The great tree revealed its rings of two hundred years” (underscores the forceful intrusion into the natural world, leading to its destruction)

7. Displacement and Loss “Insects and birds began to leave the tree” (destruction of natural habitat) “Soon afterwards we left Baroda for Bombay where there are no trees except the one which grows and seethes in our dreams” (interconnectedness and urbanization)