econarratology

English

Etymology

eco- +‎ narratology

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒlədʒi

Noun

econarratology (uncountable)

1. An approach to literary criticism combining aspects of ecocriticism and narratology.
   • 2015, Erin James, The Storyworld Accord: Econarratology and Postcolonial Narratives, University of Nebraska Press, page xv:

     In this book, I highlight the way narratives grapple with the often-collapsed concerns of subjectivity, representation, and environment by bringing together narratological and ecocritical concerns via a mode of reading I call econarratology.

   • 2015, Christopher Watkin, “Michel Serres’ Great Story: From Biosemiotics to Econarratology”, in SubStance, volume 44, number 3, page 174:

     In the four books exploring the humanism of the Great Story, he expands this biosemiotic analysis to encompass a new econarratology, describing this expansion with an image from aeronautics ...

   • 2021, Astrid Bracke, “The Cambridge Companion to Literature and the Anthropocene”, in John Parham, editor, The Novel, Cambridge University Press, page 91:

     In combining my focus on climate crisis flood fiction with an attention to the narratological elements of time, space and character, ths chapter develops works done in the field of econarratology.