War, Anti-War and Peace: A Perspective of Peace- Literature Genre

The objective of this research paper is to explore the human-nature nexus and the war-peace polarity. This paper questions whether anti-war poems should be included within the genre of peace- literature. The study investigates how anti-war poems bear the fragmentary rudiments of peace- literature. There is an attempt to find and redraft the theoretical and analytical issues of the peace- literature genre and to integrate certain Western concepts of anti-war poems to support the arguments for a peace- literature genre. Thus the study reveals how the concept of peace has changed across ages in literature dealing with war and how anti-war poems become included within the genre of peace- literature. The present paper explores how literature reflects peace and serenity found in different cultural contexts. It also reveals how narratives and story-telling in the context of peace and human values have fostered the culture of serenity, tolerance and solidarity to promote peace and harmony as the ultimate need of human relationships. The findings also reveal the need to eradicate poverty and inequality in order to promote peace and harmony. The findings bring to the surface the inherent desire of human beings to fill the gap between what we are and what we want to be, in the varied contexts of society, culture, education and human values for achieving sustainable development goals. A random sampling technique was followed. A qualitative data collection method was followed with random sampling where the analysis was based on primary and a few secondary sources.