Published Online:June 2026
Product Name:The IUP Journal of English Studies
Product Type:Article
Product Code:IJES020626
DOI:10.71329/IUPJES/2026.21.2.18-26
Author Name:Anu Kumari and Yeddu Vijaya Babu
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Subject/Domain:Arts and Humanities
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Pages:18-26
This paper highlights the profound connection between ecology and women in Diane Cook’s The New Wilderness. It also highlights the novel’s characters, plot and setting to understand the layers of ecofeminism and climate change. It assesses how far the ideal of a ‘New Woman’ is embedded in the book by critically examining the women characters. The New Woman in this narrative emerges as a symbol of aversion and transformation, offering hope for a future where the intertwined destiny of women and the environment are admitted and addressed. From an ecofeminist perspective, this paper observes that The New Wilderness offers critical views and promotes awareness of gender and ecological issues. Qualitative methodology is used to explore the ecofeminist premises. Textual analysis is applied to determine the concept of New Woman. To put it in the context of the development of themes in Cook’s The New Wilderness, the portrayal of Bea’s character can be a typical image of a New Woman whose primary concern is not romance but the sustainability of her environment, because balancing development is a significant concern for the sustainability and existence of species on the Earth.
The climate change debate has evolved into one of our time’s most critical global conversations in recent years.