An Ecocritical Analysis of Three Stories by BijanNajdi

Nature is considered as an (positive or negative) active element in contemporary literary works, with an influential role alongside other elements. In recent years, some comparative literature theoreticianshave highlighted the necessityof considering the environment in their works, thus initiating a new approach in literary criticism. This approach concerns the interactionsbetween the environment and the literary text and analyses how the environment is reflected in literary works. The present research is an ecocritical analysis of three stories by BijanNajdi. In these stories, nature is depicted as an activist creatureand an active ‘other’, with a mutual relationship between humans and their surrounding ecosystem at work. Najdi has portrayed an image of nature as an activistwhich occasionally plays a significant role in the progression of the narrative, and, at timesstimulates literary creativity and imagery in the text.Literary creativity based on the nature’s behaviouris a recurring occurence in Najdi.