www.literarycognizance.com Literary Cognizance ISSN- 2395-7522 (Online) Imp. Fact.6.21 (IIJF) An International Refereed / Peer Reviewed e - Journal of English Language, Literature & Criticism Vol.- V, Issue- 3, December 2024 Lite. Cog.:AREELLC, Volume V, Issue 3 38 December 2024 07 THE METAMORPHOSIS OF VEGAN MADNESS IN HAN KANG’S THE VEGETARIAN Sneha Chauhan PG in English University of Mumbai, Mumbai, MS, India ===============***=============== Abstract: This paper focuses on one of the most prominent subtopics of Ecofeminism, Vegetarian Ecofeminism. In Han Kang's psychological novel, The Vegetarian (2007), the character Yeong- Hye's journey from unremarkable woman to the self-assumption of being a plant will be explored through the perspective of vegetarian ecofeminism. „Nature vs. Culture‟ has inevitably been a part of discourses of Ecofeminism and Male dominance has been intrinsically connected with the devastation of „Women‟ and „Nature‟. The Novel unveils the power which the protagonist (Yeong – Hye) holds with the Madness residing in her and turns into the form of „Vegan Madness‟ which is acknowledged by the heteronormative male-dominated Korean society. The paper argues that the close connection of Women with Nature is precisely described by Yeong–Hye, as she tries to protect non-human animals by being a Vegetarian which as a result makes her suffer from the violence from men around her. Keywords: Vegetarian Ecofeminism, The Vegetarian Novel, Vegan Madness, Ecofeminism, Korean Literature, etc. Veganity in Women: An Introduction: “In the heteronormative society, Men have always slaughtered „Women‟ by using innumerable methods of brutality and oppression over them. Every historical realm illustrates its artifacts of women being voiceless. Here the researcher will be desperately using the words “Slaughtered, Butchered, and Exploited again and again in the paper to showcase the main element of this paper which quite connects the topics of the paper. “Veganity or Veganism in Women can easily be understood which dates back to the theory from where the roots of Ecofeminism are widely spread. Ecofeminism was initially coined by the French feminist Francoise d‟Eaubonne in 1974 where according to her, “The disenfranchisement and oppression of women, people of color, and the poor are intrinsically linked to the degradation of the natural world, as both arose as a result of patriarchal dominance”. Ecofeminism: Its History: “Ecofeminism is an ideological movement that sees climate change, gender equality, and social injustice more broadly as intrinsically related issues, all tied to masculine dominance in society”. Specifically, ecofeminism contends that the majority of environmental issues can be linked back to the global prioritizing of masculine values (particularly those some consider poisonous, such as violence and dominance) and people in power who exemplify those characteristics. Ecofeminism additionally highlights the reality that women are disproportionately affected by environmental