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ISSN : 1226-4946(Print)
ISSN : 2288-5412(Online)
The Yeats Journal of Korea Vol.78 No. pp.89-106
DOI : http://dx.doi.org/10.14354/yjk.2025.78.89

Deep Ecology and Climate Migration: A Study of Amitav Ghosh’s The Hungry Tide and Gun Island

G. Bhaskar Basmi
Vice Principal & Assistant Professor of English at A.G. Arts and Science College, Avinashipalayam, Tiruppur (dt), India

Abstract

This paper examines Amitav Ghosh’s novels The Hungry Tide (2004) and Gun Island (2019) through the lens of deep ecology and climate migration. While ecocritical analyses of Ghosh’s work have proliferated in recent years, this study specifically examines how Ghosh employs the Sundarbans as a microcosm to illustrate the global consequences of ecological degradation. Drawing on Arne Naess’s principles of deep ecology and recent scholarship on climate refugees, this research analyzes how Ghosh’s fictional characters embody the spiritual interconnectedness between humans and non human entities while simultaneously confronting displacement due to environmental changes. The paper argues that Ghosh’s narrative techniques including myth, indigenous knowledge systems, and transnational storytelling create a profound commentary on both the spiritual dimensions of environmental relationships and the material consequences of climate change. This study concludes that Ghosh’s works present deep ecology not merely as philosophical abstraction but as an urgent practical framework for addressing contemporary ecological crises.

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