ECO-ANXIETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL CATASTROPHE IN AMITAV GHOSH’S GUN ISLAND: A SLOW VIOLENCE PERSPECTIVE

Authors

  • Dr. Eram Jamil Assistant Professor, Department of English,Thal University Bhakkar, Pakistan Author
  • Uzma Raza Ph.D Scholar, Department of English,Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM), Malaysia Author
  • Samra Fatima BS English, Department of English,Thal University Bhakkar, Pakistan Author
  • Muhammad Umair Ph.D Scholar, Department of English,Muslim Youth University Islamabad, Pakistan Author

Keywords:

Slow violence, Eco-anxiety, Climate fiction, Ecocriticism, Amitav Ghosh, Environmental catastrophe, Gun Island, South Asian literature

Abstract

This study analyzes Amitav Ghosh’s Gun Island (2019) through the theoretical frameworks of Rob Nixon’s concept of slow violence and eco-anxiety theory. It examines how environmental catastrophe in this novel is a process that has been unfolding over many years, is a cumulative phenomenon resulting from global economic relations, colonial histories, and climate change. The study is qualitative, interpretive and close reading, using selected text passages to explore the dynamic of ecological degradation over time and space, all the while revealing its often hidden and intensely harmful nature.

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Published

2026-04-15

Issue

Vol. 9 No. 2 (2026): (JALT)

Section

Articles