A Study of Louise Erdrich’s Tracks: Androcentric and Eco feministic Perspectives

Abstract

Louise Erdrich’s Tracks (1988) reflects the effects of literature on human beings and presents the phenomenon in which the human, particularly, a man influences the nature including plants, animals, earth and all others things of the nature, are the victims of patriarchal sovereignty over nature, in general and over women, in particular. The whole world which is considered sane, simple, natural, peaceful and fertile, is facing environmental related issues and problems after androcentric control over the world either economically, socially or digitally. Purpose of this paper is to deconstruct it androcentrically and ecofeministically and to show their effects in constructing or undermining the natural balance in the world   It is clear and imminent threat for the natural world as well as for the human beings whose’ every activity on mother earth as mentioned by Rousseau, polluting the whole things of the world. The consideration of human as the super species in the world is great havoc, not only for the nature but also for the woman who is also considered like nature, the part of nature to flourish the world. The Ecocritical theory presents that the activities of the human beings affect the environment and are affected by the environment in turn. The human beings, considering themselves as the super creature, exploit and use all the natural things of the nature for the fulfillment of their personal needs at the cost of destruction of these natural things. The present article uses the Eco critical theory to delineate the androcentric effects on the nature and also explains how women are influenced and affected by the patriarchal activities, done in the natural environment in the name of progress and advancement.  Women and all the natural things are used and misused by the men to have their desires fulfilled as they consider themselves, the monarch, to govern over the nature and the others.