The Village by The Sea (chapter 10 summary)

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Ecocriticism is a conscious-raising phenomenon about environment. To the students or scholars of literature, 'ecocriticism is a critical development to spread consciousness about ecological concerns. It is a multidisciplinary approach. Numberless development programmes are being executed not being with ecology instead at the cost of ecology. Ecocriticism as a literary ecological philosophy provides a reliable framework or mechanism to analyze cultural and literary texts which are directly/ indirectly preoccupied with ecological concerns and contexts. Moreover it looks at the depictions of natural sights and landscapes along with people's attitudes and attention towards nature; may be favorable or unfavorable. In fact this sort of attempt negotiates between literature and ecology.

In the Netherlands there is a trend of people leaving rural areas, especially small towns. The Dutch government calls these regions that are dealing with a declining population and availability of work shrinkage regions. Due to this, houses in these regions are fairly cheap making them interesting for especially highly educated people from urban areas that are in search for a more peaceful life outside the tumult of the city. This thesis is about Paesens-Moddergat, a small village that is located in a shrinkage region. Paesens-Moddergat is originally a fishing village located right next to the Wadden Sea. Due to the changing local interests, as the region is relying more and more on tourism, and the influx of so called ‘newcomers’ to the town, it is dealing with friction between original inhabitants and newcomers. This thesis proposes that this friction is one of different human-environment relations and feelings of belonging the inhabitants have. Furthermore, thesis demonstrates that the village of Pae-sens-Moddergat has always been divided in several ways. In order to demonstrate this, this thesis is divided in three chapters. The first chapter is a contextual chapter showing how the history of the vil-lage is linked to the contemporary situation and social dynamics of the place. In the second chapter different feelings of belonging are covered. Here is demonstrated how these various feelings of be-longing the inhabitants have can lead to friction. The third chapter explorers the various attitudes towards outside organisations that the inhabitants have and how this is linked to the relation the in-habitants have with their environment.

Anita Desai's first novel for children The Village By The Sea which received the British Guardian Children's Fiction award in 1982 raises the issue of survival in the village 'Thul'-located on the Western coast of India. The question raised by the author is of earning one's living by the farmers and fishermen in a village which is beside the sea. Even after 30 years of writing this fiction, the scene has not changed for India, the fate of the poor remains the same. The saying rightly implies here that Indian farmers are born in debt, live in debt, and die in debt. The chief reason depicted is of their addiction to drinking toddy and lying drunk under the coconut trees. In this novel, Lila-the main protogonist shows her courage and perseverence to cope amidst misery. Hari, the only brother of three sisters, craves to go to Bombay to earn his livelihood. The force which drives him to run away from his village is penury and misery. But the story ends on an optimistic note reflected by the hope and aspirations of the protagonists soaring high. Desai also portraits the orthodox beliefs of the people which is typical of Indian living.Though the plot does not seems to be unusual, it attracts the readers by its vivid description of the characters and beauty of the nature. But it can be said that the addition of the regional languages would have added to its aesthetic sense.

Majid's Pages, 1999

In the low, lush tropical coral islands of the Maldive Atolls, villages were located in the middle of the island. Owing to their independent spirit, Maldivians used to build their homes in a haphazard way about the island. Thick coconut groves and other vegetation encircled the human settlements, so that no house would be seen from the sea. The only constructions with a 'beach view' would be makeshift sheds for boatbuilding or boat-repair and lonely 'ziyāraiy' shrines. Nowadays, owing to a very high birth rate and a drastic reduction of the mortality rate, some islands have become overpopulated. Naifaru and Hinnavaru (Fādippoḷu Atoll) and Kandoḷudu (Māḷosmaḍulu Atoll), the latter abandoned after the 2004 tsunami, are examples of islands completely covered by homesteads.

Recent archaeological discoveries, refinements in genetic analyses and the archaeobotanical data require a reconsideration of the nature of the emergence of sedentary farming communities in Southeastern Turkey. In the rescue excavations prompted by the Batman and Ilısu dam projects several Early Holocene sites were discovered. For the first time, new data from Körtik Tepe now provide detailed evidence of a local Epipalaeolithic origin for these permanent settlements. In this article we summarize the results and analyses of the 2010-2012 excavations as well as palaeopedological and archaeobotanical data of the Younger Dryas layers at Körtik Tepe. Human isotope studies and the archaeological data suggest a permanent occupation of the site and might point to a local primordial adoption of a sedentary lifestyle in this region as early as the 11 th millennium BC. Résumé : De nouvelles découvertes archéologiques et le développement des analyses génétiques et archéobotaniques nous amènent à préciser la nature de l'émergence des communautés sédentaires agricoles en Anatolie du Sud-Est. Les fouilles de sauvetage effectuées dans le cadre de la construction des barrages de Batman et d'Ilısu ont conduit à la découverte de plusieurs sites de l'Holocène ancien dans la haute vallée du Tigre. Pour la première fois, de nouvelles données en provenance de Körtik Tepe fournissent des indices précis pour attribuer une origine locale de l'épipaléolithique à ces habitats permanents. Cet article présente de manière synthétique les résultats des campagnes de fouilles 2010-2012 et des analyses paléopédologiques et archéobotanique des niveaux du Dryas récent de Körtik Tepe. Les analyses isotopiques sur les os humains et les données archéologiques suggèrent une occupation permanente du site qui permet d'envisager qu'un mode de vie sédentaire a été adopté dans cette région dès le 11 e millénaire avant notre ère.

Research into village life and custom of this little Island community.

2017

Globalization has been the main factor in the formation of the Alor Kecil vernacular society due to resident’s high tolerant attitude. The latest manifestation of globalization comes under the label of ‘coastal tourism’, which is still in infancy. However, coastal tourism practices have already started to create socio-cultural and ecological issues for the vernacular community in which the sea acts as a critical threshold. This paper explores the changing meanings of the sea for this community, from different periods. It unravels the setting of vernacular life in the coastal habitat through the perspectives of three local actors. These local actors will help me find some insights and findings through their narration of their lifetime story in the context of coastal habitat. Because of their special knowledge and political power in the community, I assume they could represent the whole elements of society in Alor Kecil. Result of this research has shown specific transformation in Alo...

Modern Language Notes, 2014