Ecological Crises in A House for Mr. Biswas from the Perspective of Postcolonial Ecocriticism

Abstract

This paper analyzes Naipaul’s A House for Mr. Biswas from the perspective of postcolonial ecocriticism and points out the manifestations of and reasons for the destruction of the ecosystem in Trinidad. Both nature and humans in Trinidad are suffering which can be mainly attributed to the colonial presence of such colonist countries as America and Britain.