ecofiction

English

Alternative forms

• eco-fiction, eco fiction

Etymology

eco- +‎ fiction

Noun

ecofiction (uncountable)

1. Fiction that deals with environmental issues and the relation between humanity and the physical environment.

   Hyponym: cli-fi

   • 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^[1], →ISSN:

     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.

   • 2021 November 16, Omar El Akkad, “Neal Stephenson’s Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World”, in The New York Times‎^[2], →ISSN:

     In 1941, George R. Stewart’s novel “Storm” — chronicling the 12-day life of a fictional cyclone — was published. It is, arguably, the first modern eco-fiction novel.

Further reading

• ecofiction on Wikipedia.Wikipedia