IJFANS International Journal of Food and Nutritional Sciences

ISSN PRINT 2319 1775 Online 2320-7876

EXPLOITATION OF LAND AND EXALTATION OF HUMAN SPECIESISM IN J. G. BALLARD’S THE CRYSTAL WORLD

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N. Rama Gommathi,Dr. D. Nalina Palin,

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James Graham Ballard,a British author, associated with the New Wave science movement is famous for his climate disasters and dystopian settings. Ballard in his apocalyptic novels brings out the negative effects of modern science and advanced technologies. His quadrilogy serves as a cautionary tale to be aware of the future and protect the present environment. The fourth in Ballard‟s quadrilogy is The Crystal World, narrates an unusual story of people getting crystallized. The protagonist Dr. Edward Sanders witnesses a strange phenomenon of crystallization in the jungle of Africa where he is working with leprosy patients. This study focuses on the supreme power of humankind over land referring to Aldo Leopold‟s land ethic. Anthropocentrism insists on human beings at the center of the universe whereas land ethic proposesthe preservation of land with the aspect of environmental ethics. Through allegorical narrative, Ballard exposes the immediate need for the preservation of land and ecological conscience in humans.

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