Language of Interconnectedness: Ecopoetics of Nature, Myth, and Memory in Mamang Dai’s River Poems
摘要
This chapter seeks to explore the language of interconnectedness through critically examining ecopoetics concerning nature, myth, and memory as poetically represented by Mamang Dai’s River Poems. Besides taking recourse to Bénédicte Meillon’s definition of ecopoetics as “field of study delving into the poetic echoes of the earth” (3) alongside insights from Scott Knickerbocker, Sharon Latting, and Christine Gerhardt (her “ecopoetics of mobility” in particular), Dai’s poems have been examined. Special emphasis has been lent to the dynamic portrayal of nature in all its subtle and intricate shades. She sharply focuses on the interwoven aspect of myth rooted in oral tradition and reconstructed through memory. An attempt has also been made to explore the language of sustainability and love via underscoring ecopoetics of hope and change through ample textual analysis of Dai’s River Poems.