Green Romanticism?: Exhibiting the Ecocritical Approach in Binoy Majumdar’s Poems

Year 2023, Volume: 17 Issue: 2, 304 - 312, 29.12.2023

Nusrat Jahan

https://doi.org/10.47777/cankujhss.1280771

Abstract

Green romanticism is a term that focuses on the symmetry and interconnectedness of both human and non-human entities. It is interested in re-reading and re-evaluating the writings of romantic writers using an ecocritical approach with an enlightened perception of the features of the ecosphere. The concept and ideas of green romanticism can be found in both western and eastern romantic poets. Binoy Majumdar (1934-2006) is considered the fallen star who has changed the “chaka” (wheel) of contemporary Bengali poetry with the use of scientific and ecological avant-garde symbols and metaphors. He considers nature as equal to a human being and incorporates both real “Nature” and physical “nature” into his works to create a “Body-ecology-text” nexus. This research paper examines the intrinsic green romanticism theme in Binoy Majumdar's poems and how it manifests itself.

Keywords

Binoy Majumdar, Green romanticism, Body-ecology-text, The Hungry Movement, Bengali Poetry

Binoy Majumdar’ın Şiirlerinde Ekokritik Yaklaşımlar

Abstract

Yeşil romantizm, insan ve insan dışı varlıkların benzerliklerine ve birbirine bağlılığına odaklanan bir terimdir. Eko-kritik yaklaşımım sayesinde romantik yazarların eserlerini yeniden okumak ve yeniden değerlendirmekle ilgilidir. Bu kavramı ve fikirleri hem batılı hem de doğulu romantik şairlerde bulabiliriz. Binoy Majumdar (1934-2006), bilimsel ve ekolojik avangart semboller ve metaforlar kullanarak çağdaş Bengal şiirinin yönünü değiştiren kayıp şair olarak kabul edilir. Doğayı insanla eşit görür ve “beden-ekoloji-metin” bağını oluşturmak için gerçek doğa ve fiziksel doğayı eserlerine dahil eder. Bu araştırma, Binoy Majumdar’ın şiirlerindeki içsel yeşil romantizm temasını ve bunun kendini nasıl gösterdiğini incelemektedir.

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