Literary Sphere

🟦 Blue Humanities in the Context of English Literature  The Blue Humanities is an emerging interdisciplinary field that reimagines literature, history, and philosophy through the lens of the ocean and other aquatic environments. Unlike traditional environmental humanities, which are often land-centered, Blue Humanities shifts the focus to marine ecologies, oceanic histories, water symbolism, and the human relationship with water bodies. This approach is particularly significant in literary studies as it provides new ways to interpret texts that engage with water—seas, rivers, lakes, and even rain—both literally and metaphorically.   For students preparing for UGC NET English Literature, Blue Humanities is relevant in multiple ways, including its intersections with ecocriticism, postcolonial studies, climate change literature, maritime fiction, and indigenous narratives about water. It provides a framework to analyze works that explore the sea as a source o...