Deciphering the semblance of violence in Sarah Joseph's Gift in Green: A spatial disquisition
Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: The conventional from of literature has given much importance to aesthetic sense alone which theories like spatial criticism breaks it. Sarah Joseph, environmentalist, poet, novelist and short story writer hails from the state of Kerala. She is a living author and she is the recipient of a series of medals like Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award given by the union government of India, the Sahitya Academy Award given by Kerala. And the researcher has chosen her translated novel Gift in Green (2011) for the course of this study. The method of analysis employed in the study is interpretative one. The text analysis is carried in word to word manner. A close reading of the text with reference to the Lefebvre categorization of space and concepts like violence is fused to together as a novelty for this study. The researcher has found out that influential people like Kumaran, Government and non-governmental organizations misuse the space in Aathi. The violent activities of them ended in destruction of entire place and space of Aathi. This study induces and creates awareness among readers and other researchers to look after their nature and the gender problems as well.
Author: K. Mithun
Language: English
Topic: Spatial and Cultural Studies
Subfield: Geography, Planning and Development
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7222540401