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.
    • 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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