A Depiction of Village Landscape, Natural Setting: Bama’s Karruku

Abstract

‘No one can create nature but Nature grants everything for survival’. Human being made the great impact in the universe during twentieth century by expending the innovation of science and technology and accustomed to machineries for hasty growth. The literary critic tries to study how this close relationship between nature and society has been portrayed by the writers in their works. As literature has become a mode of expression about environment and it’s important in human life is inevitable. Bama is a Dalit feminist writer. Her emphasis on caste, gender, Dalit feminism, community clashes etc. Since she was born in a village she keenly observed the life of people and their language, culture etc. Bama in her Karukku has used nature as a backdrop for her writing. The present paper seeks to analyze her village background which has been surrounded by natural paddy fields, mountains, lake, ponds etc, which Bama has used before her description of Dalit society. This shows her involvement with nature further proves that her love of nature and environment emerged in her writing.