ecofiction
English
Alternative forms
- eco-fiction, eco fiction
Etymology
eco- + fiction
Noun
ecofiction (uncountable)
- Fiction that deals with environmental issues and the relation between humanity and the physical environment.
- 2015, Mary Ellen Snodgrass, Barbara Kingsolver: A Literary Companion, McFarland, →ISBN, page 3:
- After the publication of The Poisonwood Bible, Kingsolver rose to a position of authority in feminist writings and ecofiction for her command of political allegory set during the Congo's turbulent emergence from colonialism.
- 2017 May 5, Wai Chee Dimock, “There’s No Escape From Contamination Above the Toxic Sea”, in The New York Times, ISSN 0362-4331:
- This coming-of-age story signals that eco-fiction has come of age as well: wilder, more reckless and more breathtaking than previously thought, a wager and a promise that what emerges from the 21st century will be as good as any from the 20th, or the 19th.
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