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EXPLORING THE ECOCENTRIC WORLD - AN ANALYSE OF JULES VERNE’S JOURNEY TO THE CENTRE OF THE EARTH

. K. DHANU ADITANAR COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCE, TIRUCHENDUR THOOTHUKUDI, TAMILNADU.


Abstract

The rule of nature implies that one should never know the truth of nature until one starts exploring and makes it for himself herself.  This is what Jules Verne has tried to explore in his novel, Journey to the Centre of the Earth.  It was published in 1864.  The original title of the book was Voyage au Centre de la Terre (in French).  Jules Gabriel Verne is a19th century French writer. He is the pioneer of the science fiction genre. Most of the time he is referred to as the father of science fiction as he has written numerous articles about the ecosystem well before its discovery. His other works deal with new inventions and around the ecocentric world.  Jules Verne wrote it in French and later it was translated by Joyce Gard into English.  He is a British fantasy writer.  In this novel Verne has written about nature and he has revealed that it is not a mere thing for human research but it’s beyond human intellect.  It is the story about a professor Lidenbrock and his nephew Axel, who are all travels to the Centre of the earth.  And they experiencing various adventures while travel down through the geological layers of past.  And the novel end up with a volcanic eruption, which throws them out on the slopes of Stromboli. Verne discusses it with the background of ecology and he tries to bring out the environmental aspects.  This paper analyses the ecosystem in an eco-critical perspective.  

Keywords: Nature, anthropocentrism, techno centrism, ecocentrism, ecology.

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