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THE INFLUENCE OF KARL MARXS ECOLOGICAL INSIGHTS IN THE WORKS OF SELECTED LITERARY WRITERS

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The Influence of Karl Marx’s Ecological Insights in the Works of Selected Literary Writers

Abstract

    A significant issue facing humanity now is the ecological disaster as a result of the transformation of natural processes into splintered, unchanging mechanisms designed for individual accumulation. Therefore, we can say that the issue of nature is an issue to the capital.  The significant developments in ecosocialist theory cast light upon the ongoing prominence of Marx's metabolic as well as materialist approach to understanding the colloquial swap concerning nature and humans which additionally include the ecological rifts and their creation inside ecosystems. This paper explores the influence of Marx's views on ecological crisis due to capitalism in the literary works of British, American, and Indian poets. The findings of the study indicate Marx's influence on these writers. Besides, this influence of Marx on the literary circle also reflects Marx's ideas as universal and relevant to all fields of all ages.

    (1) Saman Salah
    Assistant Professor, Department of English, Sardar Bahadur Khan Women’s University Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan.
    (2) Khair- Un-Nisa Azeem
    Mphil Scholar, Department of English, Sardar Bahadur Khan Women’s University Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan.
    (3) Durdana Rafique
    Assistant professor, Department of English, University of Turbat Balochistan, Balochistan, Pakistan.
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APA

    APA : Salah, S., Azeem, K. U., & Rafique, D. (2025). The Influence of Karl Marx’s Ecological Insights in the Works of Selected Literary Writers. Global Social Sciences Review, X(I), 43-48. https://doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2025(X-I).04

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    CHICAGO : Salah, Saman, Khair- Un-Nisa Azeem, and Durdana Rafique. 2025. "The Influence of Karl Marx’s Ecological Insights in the Works of Selected Literary Writers." Global Social Sciences Review, X (I): 43-48 doi: 10.31703/gssr.2025(X-I).04

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    HARVARD : SALAH, S., AZEEM, K. U. & RAFIQUE, D. 2025. The Influence of Karl Marx’s Ecological Insights in the Works of Selected Literary Writers. Global Social Sciences Review, X, 43-48.

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    MHRA : Salah, Saman, Khair- Un-Nisa Azeem, and Durdana Rafique. 2025. "The Influence of Karl Marx’s Ecological Insights in the Works of Selected Literary Writers." Global Social Sciences Review, X: 43-48

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    MLA : Salah, Saman, Khair- Un-Nisa Azeem, and Durdana Rafique. "The Influence of Karl Marx’s Ecological Insights in the Works of Selected Literary Writers." Global Social Sciences Review, X.I (2025): 43-48 Print.

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    OXFORD : Salah, Saman, Azeem, Khair- Un-Nisa, and Rafique, Durdana (2025), "The Influence of Karl Marx’s Ecological Insights in the Works of Selected Literary Writers", Global Social Sciences Review, X (I), 43-48

TURABIAN

    TURABIAN : Salah, Saman, Khair- Un-Nisa Azeem, and Durdana Rafique. "The Influence of Karl Marx’s Ecological Insights in the Works of Selected Literary Writers." Global Social Sciences Review X, no. I (2025): 43-48. https://doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2025(X-I).04