ECOLOGICAL CONSCIOUSNESS IN UZMA ASLAM KHAN’S TRESPASSING: NATURE,CULTURE,AND AWARENESS

Abstract

The paper examines how ecological consciousness is depicted in some of the passages of Trespassing by Uzma Aslam Khan. Basing on the Ecocriticism as the form of theoretical basis, the study examines how the text forms the relations between the human and the nature, emphasizes the harmony between nature and humans, and prefigures the spiritual interdependence between man and nature. Through qualitative textual analysis, the research determines the role of metaphors, imagery, and symbolic environments in enhancing the ecological awareness at a greater level. The results show that sustainability, compassion to all living creatures, and human moral duty as the guardian of nature are highlighted in the story by Uzma Aslam Khan. The end helps to emphasize the idea that ecological consciousness in the text is not only a thematic issue but also a spiritual and ethical appeal to the ecological awareness.