摘要：Abstract The critical discourse on ecofeminism makes a novel attempt in understanding the relationship between literary texts and the problems with regard to gender and ecological crisis through various literary genres. In this context, the present paper attempts to study how the concept of ecofeminism, which was originally postulated in the West, is reflected in Indian writer Kamala Markandaya’s novel Nectar in a Sieve (1954). Furthermore, this paper investigates how the Indian English novel adds a new dimension to ecofeminist discourse, which consists in a fundamental departure from the overall conceptualization of ecofeminism in the West. Within this frame of reference, we shall first probe into the intricacies of ecofeminism and then analyze the selected Indian English novel in light of Markandaya’s understanding of ecofeminism.
关键词：ecofeminism ; gender ; environmental crisis ; Kamala Markandaya ; nectar in a sieve
